



Please, find below the detailed guidance of how critical updates will be delivered to customers that choose to stay in SQL Server 2008/R2 with Extended Security Updates. This option is free in Azure SQL Server 2008 VMs and paid for on-premises deployments. If after selling the value of modernizing with Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Server 2017 & 2019 VMs and SQL Server 2017 & 2019, your customer is not ready to move from 2008, Microsoft offers the option of having three additional years of Extended Security Updates. SQL Server migrations to Azure is solely the biggest opportunity there is for our Data & AI business and the motion didn’t stop on July, 09th. The end of support for SQL Server 20 R2 that reached it's deadline on July 9th opens a great opportunity to engage with our customers to drive roader Data Estate Modernization conversations that can lead to n.ew Azure Migration and Innovation engagements.
