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elwoos
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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 Posted - 2013-03-14 : 06:34:58
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| I'm trying to find out what date SQL Server 2008 R2 was released (in the UK) i.e. the first day you could buy a licence for it.According to the fount of all knowledge (sic.) Wikipedia, it was released to manufacturing on April 21st 2010 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_SQL_Server#SQL_Server_2008_R2 However the support lifecycle begins on July 20th 2010 http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?c2=1044Does anyone know how I can find out more precisely please, I am assuming that the support start date is a good indication but is probably tied to a service packsteve-----------Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. |
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chadmat
The Chadinator
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Posted - 2013-03-14 : 13:34:36
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| RTM and General availability are 2 different things. RTM is usually a month or 2 before GA, so this seems about right.Mainstream Support is always at least 10 years from GA, and 2 years from the last service pack.-Chad |
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elwoos
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2013-03-18 : 06:01:06
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| Thanks Chad.It's suprisingly tricky to find the actual date it seems but the information I have seems to be near enough for what we wantcheerssteve-----------Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. |
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2008 R2 release date question