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    SQL Server 2016 Support Ends: ESUs Run Through July 17, 2029

    Additional coverage of this story: SQL Server 2016 Support Ends: ESUs Run Through July 17, 2029 The companion coverage identifies KB5102340 as the final Service Pack 3 update and notes that ESUs cover Enterprise and Standard editions, not Express, Web, or Developer as independent subscriptions...
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    SQL Server 2016 Support Ends July 14—ESUs Run to 2029

    SQL Server 2016 is now out of extended support, closing its standard 10-year servicing window on July 14, 2026. For organizations still running the 13.x database engine, the immediate consequence is not an outage: existing instances and applications will continue to run. The change is that...
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    SSMS 22.5 Update: New Migration Hub, Copilot Results Pane, SQL Projects

    SQL Server Management Studio’s 22.5 release is a reminder that Microsoft is no longer treating SSMS as a slow-moving legacy admin tool. Instead, the company is pushing it into a faster release rhythm, with a stronger emphasis on migration workflows, AI-assisted analysis, and incremental...
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