SQL Server: Releases, patches & end-of-life
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Lifecycle guide for SQL Server from Microsoft

All releases, patches, maintenance and support periods at a glance

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📅 Last update on 2026-04-20

What is SQL Server?

Automate product release and end-of-life managementMicrosoft SQL Server is a relational database management system developed by Microsoft. As a database server, it is a software product with the primary function of storing and retrieving data as requested by other software applications—which may run either on the same computer or on another computer across a network (including the Internet).
 

The entire lifecycle of SQL Server

The following figure shows you the visualised product life cycle of SQL Server. You can see all releases with the latest patch version, the long-term support characteristics (orange flag in the green circle, the periods for version provision, maintenance and support.
SQL Server (Microsoft) release, version and end-of-life information
XSQL Server (Microsoft) release, version and end-of-life information
Figure: Release, patch and end-of-life cycle of product SQL Server (Microsoft)
 

Facts and figures about SQL Server

Product
SQL Server
Vendor
Microsoft
Latest version
17.0.4025.3
Number of releases
10
Number of versions
435
Number of unstable versions
14
Number of versions affected by CVE
161
Licence
Commercial
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_SQL_Server
 
 

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