Microsoft on thursday announced new extended security updates plans that add three years of patch support for organizations using sql server 2008 r2 and windows server 2008 r2 products. The windows server 2008 r2 licensing model consists of a server operating system license and incremental client access licenses cals. Software assurance benefits help you take full advantage of your investments in it. Why sql server 2008s end of life should be on feds minds. Microsoft lifecycle policy offers 10 years of support 5 years of mainstream support and 5 years of extended support for 2008 and 2008 r2 versions of sql server and windows server. If you purchased software assurance for your microsoft software, you can continue to use the same licenses through. Customers with active software assurance or subscription licenses can purchase. If a sql server 2008 or 2008 r2 customer with software assurance purchased a number of cores for their onpremises environment, and is using software. For sql server customers with corebased licensing and software assurance coverage, broader benefits are available. Announcing new options for sql server 2008 and windows. Windows server requires a minimum of 8 core licenses for each physical processor and a minimum of 16 core licenses for each. To support sql server 2008 version, you have through june 2019 to.
If a sql server 2008r2 customer with software assurance purchased a number of cores for. A comprehensive program that includes a unique set of technologies, services, and rights to help deploy, manage, and use microsoft products efficiently, software assurance helps keep your business up to date and ready to respond quickly to change and opportunity. Organizations using sql server 2008r2 and windows server 2008r2 products. With premium assurance, itll get critical and important.
Windows server 2008 r2 extended licenses microsoft tech. How can a customer calculate the esu price of the following situation. Microsoft software assurance benefits for office can help your organization accelerate deployment and improve enduser productivity. Microsoft is offering three years of free extended security updates for 20082008 r2 server products in the cloud.
Eligibility requires active software assurance or subscription licenses under an enterprise agreement. How much will extended security updates cost for windows server and sql server 2008 and 2008 r2. Perhaps the most memorable moment in the history of the. If you did not purchase sa, then unfortunately you will need to. Microsoft lures windows 2008 users to cloud with offer of extra support the company will provide three more years of support to windows server 2008 and sql server 2008 when workloads are moved to. Windows server 2008 and 2008 r2 documentation migration assistance with the azure migration center the azure migration center has a full range of tools available to help you assess your current onpremises environment, migrate your workloads onto azure, and optimize your azure usage to best suit your needs. For a price, microsoft will extend support for windows. You save the cost of hardware and server software, only paying for hourly usage. Azure hybrid benefit for windows server azure windows. If a sql server 2008 or 2008 r2 customer with software assurance purchased a number of cores for their onpremises environment, and is using software assurance to have a secondary passive server e. Microsoft replacing premiere assurance support with new security plan. In case if anyone was wondering, i had no issues installing my windows server 2008 ts user cals on my windows server 2016 remote desktop licensing manager. New extended security updates program can add three years of. With software assurance coverage on the servers, the azure hybrid.
Yes, customers need to run sql server or windows server 2008 and 2008 r2 with the latest service pack to apply extended security updates. Microsoft lures windows 2008 users to cloud with offer of. Upgrading to server 2008 r2 in 8 easy steps pluralsight. Offers premium assurance to customers who just cannot get off. Out with the old, in with the new windows 72008 are now. Software assurance spans a broad range of microsoft software and services products, including the windows operating system, microsoft office, exchange, system center, sql server, microsoft azure, and many others. Windows server 2008 and 2008 r2 workloads transferred to azure. Is there a minimum core count for a windows server esu. Ive tried tweaking some registry values i dont have the link right.
A decade ago, windows 7 had just been released and microsoft introduced new versions of its database and server operating system software. Microsoft license and software assurance windows on. Organizations using sql server 2008 r2 and windows server 2008 r2 products can add. Do sql server customers need to be running the most current service pack to benefit from extended security updates. With this benefit, customers with software assurance save up to 55 percent on the cost of running sql server and windows server in azure. The azure hybrid benefit for windows server allows you to save up to 40% on windows server vms in azure by utilizing your onpremises windows server licenses with software assurance. The servers migrated to azure must be covered by software assurance to. Do i need software assurance on my cals to access servers covered by esu. Faq about esu for windows server 20082008 r2 and sql server. The oldest eligible products windows server 2008 and 2008 r2, sql.
Achieve the lowest cost of ownership when you combine the azure hybrid benefit, reservation pricing, and extended security updates. Extended support ending for sql server 20082008 r2 and. Announcing new options for sql server 2008 and windows server. Jul 12, 2018 you can use existing licenses and the azure hybrid benefit to save when you migrate sql server and windows server environments to azure virtual machines or to azure sql database managed instance. Sql server 2008r2 and windows server 2008r2 will go out of support in july 2019 and january 2020 respectively. Windows server requires a minimum of 8 core licenses for each physical processor and a minimum of 16 core licenses for each server. Microsoft starts selling extended support for windows. Windows server premium assurance and sql server premium assurance are purchased as addons to software assurance on that product. How much do extended security updates cost for windows server and sql server 2008 and 2008 r2. Microsoft lures windows 2008 users to cloud with offer of extra. If a user or device accesses a server running windows server 2008 r2 but is. End of support for windows server 2008 and windows server 2008 r2. Windows server 2008 cals migrated to windows server 2016.
Sql server 2008r2 will lose support on july 9, 2019. Microsoft replacing premiere assurance support with new. Plan for end of windows server 2008 support updated. Feb 04, 2020 how can a customer calculate the esu price of the following situation. Is software assurance required to take advantage of esu. Either onpremise new license, software assurance or on azure azure. End of support for windows server 20082008 r2 and sql server. Review software assurance benefits the comprehensive set of software assurance benefits combine to offer a powerful advantage as you plan, deploy, and use microsoft products. Alternatively, if youre hosting on azure, you can use an azure support plan to get technical support. What are the options for sql server and windows server 2008 and 2008 r2. How does eos affect my existing instances on amazon web services aws. With this benefit, customers need to only pay for the infrastructure costs of the virtual machine because the licensing for windows server is covered by the. Jul 19, 2018 sql server 2008 r2 and windows server 2008 r2 will go out of support in july 2019 and january 2020 respectively.
According to microsoft, if you purchased windows server 2008 together with software assurance sa, your upgrade to server 2008 r2 is free. Your windows server 2003 cals may continue accessing instances of windows server 2003 software. Terminal services functionality is included in the windows. Right now we have 2008 std edition and about to get 2012 r2 std through dell we are getting dell server. Windows server 2008 r2 loses extended support on jan. Microsoft license mobility amazon web services aws. If you have software assurance, you can enable the azure hybrid benefit on an existing payasyougo payg image. Eligible customers can use the azure hybrid benefit available to customers with active software assurance or server subscriptions to obtain discounts on the license of azure virtual machines iaas. Mar 19, 2019 email support is available only for server products and noncritical issues. Microsoft windows server software assurance 1 user cal.
Translation if you dont already have software assurance with an existing vendor you cant merely add a license for 2008 or 2008 r2 extended security updates through the csp process like we did with. All microsoft server application products migrated to aws via the license mobility through software assurance program must be covered with active software assurance sa. Or you can copy the sql server installation media to a windows server vm, and then install sql server on the vm. Microsoft starts selling extended support for windows server 2008. Aws is 5 times more expensive than azure for windows server and sql server. For customers with software assurance, azure hybrid benefit for windows server allows you to use your onpremises windows server licenses and run windows virtual machines on azure at a reduced cost. The windows server 2008 licensing model requires a server license for each running instance of the server software. For a price, microsoft will extend support for windows server.
Theres also some good news for customers that have active software assurance for their sql server and windows server. Windows server 2008 r2 enterprise edition 64 bit english edition. Receive free extended security updates when you migrate your windows server and sql server 2008 and 2008 r2 workloads to azure virtual. Microsoft rolls out premium assurance plans for windows. Azure hybrid benefit for windows server microsoft docs. For a price, microsoft will extend support for windows server, sql server 6 more years offers premium assurance to customers who just cannot get off soontoretire software. If a sql server 2008r2 customer with software assurance purchased a number of cores for their onpremises environment, and is using software assurance to. Enhancements in windows server 2008 r2 include new functionality for active directory, new virtualization and management features, version 7.
Pricing for extended security updates will follow the current license model for the server. Launched in march 2017, premium assurance gave a way for organisations who need to keep running onpremises without disruption to purchase 6 years of additional support for windows server 2008 r2 and sql server 2008 r2 extending the total support lifecycle to 16 years. Microsoft software assurance support incident submission. General computer users will not need to do anything related to this. For example, to support windows server 2008 product versions, you have through december 2019 to purchase premium assurance. Windows server premium assurance sql server premium. Windows server premium assurance sql server premium assurance. Windows server standard edition includes software assurance. It is the successor to the windows vistabased windows server 2008, released the previous year. In order to submit a request for email support, your organization must have the required software assurance coverage for server software and related cals. Windows and sql server 2008 extended security updates on. Upgrade to the latest or more recent version of microsofts software. It was released to oem hardware partners on july 22, 2009 and became generally available on october 22, that year.
Eligibility requires active software assurance or subscription licenses. Customers can buy extended security updates for three years after end of support. Application server products eligible for license mobility through software assurance, including microsoft exchange server, microsoft sharepoint server, and microsoft sql server, are identified in the microsoft product terms. Microsoft volume licensing microsoft software assurance. Windows server standard edition provides a comprehensive server platform that is easy to deploy, manage, and use. Extended support for windows server 2008 and 2008 r2 will end on january 14, 2020.
Thanks in part to the support of many microsoft thirdparty hardware and software partners, windows server helps users achieve the greatest return on server investments. The year 2020 is shaping up to be a year worth remembering as the start of a new decade begins, and the past decade behind us. Customers pay for only the servers they need to cover. This donation provides two core licenses for windows server standard. To support sql server 2008 version, you have through june 2019 to purchase this offering. Many organisations across the globe are still running these server editions within their infrastructure and have, at a maximum, 18 months left until they are left without support from microsoft. Sql server on windows virtual machines in azure faq azure. Extended security updates for sql server and windows server. Solved windows server 2016 software assurance worth it.
Does anyone know a verified method to cause a specific user to autologin after a system reboot, that works on server 2008. Responses to your email support requests will occur during support team business hours which may be in a different. Windows server 2008 r2 basic knowledge softwarestore. Esus do not include technical support, but you can use an active support contract such as software assurance or premierunified support on sql server 2008 sql server 2008 r2 to get technical support on workloads covered by esus if you choose to stay onpremises. Microsoft did not publish the pricing just yet but you can. Microsoft assurance software is a program that was introduced in 2002 to help users deploy and support microsoft windows, microsoft office and related server. As per the policy, after the end of the extended support period there will be no patches or security updates, which may cause security risks. Many organisations across the globe are still running these server editions. Customers that buy extended security updates will be able to register the eligible instances and download updates from the azure portal to deploy to their onpremises environment, whenever vulnerabilities are found, and rated critical by msrc. Windows server 2008 r2 is a server operating system produced by microsoft. Software assurance spans microsofts range of software products and services, including the windows operating system, microsoft office, exchange, sql server, and many others. Microsoft to offer option of 16 years of windows server, sql. Windows server system is a comprehensive, integrated, and interoperable server infrastructure designed to meet the demanding needs of developers and it professionals, and to flexibly run the programs and. Microsoft to offer premium assurance for servers adding.
If you did not purchase sa, then unfortunately you will need to purchase r2 before upgrading. Keeping software uptodate is an important part of vulnerability management at um if you have not already done so, plan to stop using windows server 2008 and 2008 r2 before january 14, 2020. Windows server 2008 and 2008 r2 are operating systems for servers, which are typically managed by system administrators. Microsoft to offer premium assurance for servers adding 6. Those who wish to continue using windows server 2008 or 2008 r2 on premises will need software assurance or a subscription license to purchase extended updates. Apr 22, 2018 azure hybrid benefit for windows server. Windows 2008 and 2008 r2 are technically regarded as two different operating systems, just with similar names. Hardware assurance windows server systems that are awarded the hardware assurance additional qualification include the critical hardware and firmware features needed to support the most. Extended security updates for sql server and windows. According to microsoft, customers with active software assurance or subscription licenses can. For a price, microsoft will extend support for windows server, sql. Active software assurance on your servers for all eligible licenses. Microsoft offers several flexible licensing options to allow. Dec 08, 2016 microsoft to offer option of 16 years of windows server, sql server support through new premium assurance offer.
A comprehensive program that includes a unique set of technologies, services, and rights to help deploy, manage, and. Microsoft has started selling extended support for windows server 2008 and sql server 2008, in both their original and r2 versions. If you decide to purchase sa, extended security updates for windows server 2008r2 are available for. Microsoft rolls out premium assurance plans for windows server and sql server. It allows businesses to lower total cost of ownership tco. Windows server 2008 terminal services licensing overview. After ga of windows server 2016, customers are encouraged to inventory their environment using appropriate tools, including software inventory logging sil, or thirdparty inventory tools. Open, select, mpsa can use extended security updates purchased through ea, eas, sce, or ees.
My question is about the transistion of software assurance from ws2012 to ws2016. Microsoft to offer premium assurance for servers adding 6 years. If a sql server 2008 r2 customer with software assurance purchased a number of cores for their onpremises environment, and is using software assurance to have a secondary passive server e. Software assurance does not need to be on the same enrollment. Windows server system is a comprehensive, integrated, and interoperable server infrastructure designed to meet the demanding needs of developers and it professionals, and to flexibly run the programs and solutions that enable information workers to reach, analyze, and share information quickly and easily. If you choose to keep your sql server asis using sql server 2008 or sql server 2008 r2, you can get free extended security updates for three years past the end of support date, even without having software assurance. Mar 01, 2019 microsoft has started selling extended support for windows server 2008 and sql server 2008, in both their original and r2 versions. Both sql server 2008 and windows server 2008 had ground. Microsofts coming premium assurance for software assurance customers for windows. The standard edition allows up to two virtual instances of the server software when all cores on the server are licensed. Faq about esu for windows server 20082008 r2 and sql. Customers with software assurance through other enrollments e. Software assurance by product microsoft volume licensing.
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