8 April 2008

Mainstream Support for SQL Server 2000 Retires on 8 April 2008

Time is running out…

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According to Microsoft mainstream support for SQL Server 2005 will be retired on the 8th April 2008.

 

Products Released	General Availability	Mainstream Support Retired	Extended Support Retired
SQL Server 2000 64-bit Edition	30 November 2000	8 April 2008	9 April 2013
SQL Server 2000 Developer Edition	30 November 2000	8 April 2008	9 April 2013
SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition	30 November 2000	8 April 2008	9 April 2013
SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition	30 November 2000	8 April 2008	9 April 2013
SQL Server 2000 Workgroup Edition	1 June 2005	8 April 2008	9 April 2013
SQL Server 2000 Windows CE Edition 2.0	16 December 2002	8 January 2008	8 January 2013

The following table describes the difference between Mainstream and Extended Support:

 

Support Provided	Mainstream Support Phase	Extended Support Phase
Paid support (per-incident, per hour, and others)	X	X
Security update support	X	X
Non-security hotfix support	X	Requires extended hotfix agreement, purchased within 90 days of mainstream support ending.
No-charge incident support	X
Warranty claims	X
Design changes and feature requests	X
Product-specific information that is available by using the online Microsoft Knowledge Base	X	X
	X	X

Furthermore, Microsoft does not issue further service packs during the Extended Support Phase.