Microsoft SQL Server
Family of database software by Microsoft
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| July 9 2024 | SQL Server 2014 reached extended support end date. |
| July 11 2023 | First term of Extended Security Updates for SQL Server 2012 ended. |
| January 2023 | Customers purchasing via OEM and Services Provider License Agreement (SPLA) became able to purchase SQL Server 2022. |
| November 16 2022 | Microsoft launched SQL Server 2022 (code name Dallas), with internal database version 957. |
| July 12 2022 | SQL Server 2012 reached end of extended support. |
| September 15 2021 | Service Pack 3 for SQL Server 2016 was released. |
| 2019 | SQL Server 2019 and later versions introduced support for ARM processors on Edge devices. |
| November 4 2019 | Microsoft released SQL Server 2019 (code name Seattle), with internal database version 895. |
| July 9 2019 | Extended support for SQL Server 2008 R2 ended. |
| 2018 | Extended support for SQL Server 2008 R2 on Itanium (IA-64) systems concluded. |
| April 24 2018 | Service Pack 2 (version 13.2.5026) for SQL Server 2016 was released. |
| October 5 2017 | SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 4 was released to manufacturing. |
| September 29 2017 | Microsoft launched SQL Server 2017 (code name Helsinki), with internal database version 869. |
| July 11 2017 | SQL Server 2012 reached end of mainstream support. |
| 2016 | SQL Server 2016/17 transitioned to exclusively supporting x64 processors. |
| November 16 2016 | Service Pack 1 for SQL Server 2016 was officially released. |
| June 1 2016 | Microsoft released SQL Server 2016 (code name SQL16), with internal database version 852. |
| December 1 2015 | SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 3 was released to manufacturing. |
| May 15 2015 | SQL Server 2014 SP1, primarily consisting of bugfixes, was released. |
| September 30 2014 | Microsoft released the final SQL Server 2008 service pack (version 10.00.6000, Service Pack 4). |
| September 26 2014 | Final Service Pack 3 (version 10.50.6000) of SQL Server 2008 R2 was released. |
| July 8 2014 | SQL Server 2008 R2 reached its mainstream support end date. |
| June 10 2014 | SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 2 was released to manufacturing. |
| June 5 2014 | Microsoft launched SQL Server 2014 (code name Hekaton), with internal database version 782. |
| April 1 2014 | SQL Server 2014 was released to the general public. |
| March 18 2014 | SQL Server 2014 was released to manufacturing, with build number 12.0.2000.8. |
| November 7 2012 | SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 was released to manufacturing. |
| July 26 2012 | Service Pack 2 (version 10.50.4000) of SQL Server 2008 R2 was released. |
| May 20 2012 | Microsoft released SQL Server 2012 (code name Denali), with internal database version 706. |
| March 6 2012 | SQL Server 2012 was released to manufacturing. |
| October 11 2011 | At the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) summit, Microsoft announced SQL Server 2012 (codenamed 'Denali'). |
| July 11 2011 | Service Pack 1 (version 10.50.2500) of SQL Server 2008 R2 was released. |
| July 20 2010 | Microsoft launched SQL Server 2008 R2 (code name Kilimanjaro), with internal database version 661. |
| April 21 2010 | SQL Server 2008 R2 was released to manufacturing, introducing new features like Master Data Services, Application and Multi-Server Management utilities, PowerPivot, StreamInsight, and Report Builder 3.0. |
This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia article History of Microsoft SQL Server, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.