Microsoft recently reminded SQL Server 2005 users that time
is running out and support for the product would cease on April 12th, 2016. The
announcement came via blog post from corporate vice
president of Data Platform at Microsoft, T.K. Rengarajan. It’s not a
surprising announcement, as SQL Server 2005 has been in the “extended support”
phase of its life for the last four years. Once Microsoft pulls support for the
software, the company will no longer release security patches for the project.
Microsoft is making efforts during
the remaining year of SQL Server 2005’s life to push hard for organizations who
rely on the product to upgrade. Those who are planning to upgrade can do so
either by upgrading on-premises to SQL Server 2014 – provided that the former
isn’t a 32 bit version of the product, or make the move to Microsoft’s cloud: Azure SQL Database
v12. Azure SQL Database offers “nearly
complete compatibility” with the
Microsoft SQL Server product.
A Microsoft-commissioned,
Forrester-authored study explains that it could cost as much as $4 million for
an organization to migrate to the newest versions of SQL Server, but the report
focused on the overall impact of SQL Server deployment and not the specific costs
of upgrading. Forrester claimed the expenses of upgrading could be made-up
within a year.
Organizations that choose to upgrade
to SQL Server 2014 will find that SQL Server 2014 is 13 times faster than
SQL Server 2005. Migrators can also expect SQL Server 2014 to build on an
organization’s work with in-memory databases to take advantage of the
speed-boosting benefits provided by database servers outfitted with generous
amounts of DRAM.
Microsoft will continue to post a
series of blogs about SQL Server 2005 end of support throughout the year in
addition to providing numerous tools and resources to help their customers
migrate. Interested buyers will also have an opportunity to get their feet wet
in SQL Server 2014 or Azure via free
trial.
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