Microsoft SQL Server 2008

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 follows the Fixed Lifecycle Policy.

This applies to the following editions: Datacenter, Developer, Enterprise, Express, Express with Advanced Services, Standard, Standard Edition for Small Business, Web, Workgroup

Support dates are shown in the Pacific Time Zone (PT) - Redmond, WA, USA.

Support Dates

Listing	Start Date	Mainstream End Date	Extended End Date
Microsoft SQL Server 2008	2008-11-06T00:00:00.000-08:00	2014-07-08T22:59:59.999-08:00	2019-07-09T22:59:59.999-08:00

Releases

Version	Start Date	End Date
Extended Security Update Year 4 (Azure only)	2022-07-13T00:00:00.000-08:00	2023-07-11T22:59:59.999-08:00
Extended Security Update Year 3	2021-07-14T00:00:00.000-08:00	2022-07-12T22:59:59.999-08:00
Extended Security Update Year 2	2020-07-15T00:00:00.000-08:00	2021-07-13T22:59:59.999-08:00
Extended Security Update Year 1	2019-07-10T00:00:00.000-08:00	2020-07-14T22:59:59.999-08:00
Service Pack 4	2014-07-07T00:00:00.000-08:00	2019-07-09T22:59:59.999-08:00
Service Pack 3	2011-10-06T00:00:00.000-08:00	2015-10-13T22:59:59.999-08:00
Service Pack 2	2010-09-24T00:00:00.000-08:00	2012-10-09T22:59:59.999-08:00
Service Pack 1	2009-03-31T00:00:00.000-08:00	2011-10-11T22:59:59.999-08:00
Original Release	2008-11-06T00:00:00.000-08:00	2010-04-13T22:59:59.999-08:00

Tip

*Extended Security Updates (ESU) are available for the Datacenter, Standard, Enterprise, Web, and Workgroup editions of this product, for up to an additional three years past the end of support. Contact your Microsoft partner or account team to learn more.

Links

• Extended Security Update Program (ESU)
• SQL Release Services Blog
• Migration guidance
• Service pack policy

Note

For IA64 only, SP3 will be supported until 7/9/2019.

Editions

• Datacenter
• Developer
• Enterprise
• Express
• Express with Advanced Services
• Standard
• Standard Edition for Small Business
• Web
• Workgroup