Microsoft will end support for SQL Server in April 2016

Microsoft encourages users to migrate to the latest version, SQL Server 2014, to take advantage of the latest technological advances in information management.

Ten years after its launch, Microsoft has announced that it will stop supporting and updating its SQL Server 2005, which is widely used in broadcast environments, starting in April next year.

The multinational argues that a decade after its launch, users are demanding much more modern data platforms capable of adding value to the business and improving competitiveness. “Information management has increasingly become a cornerstone for companies, since it has a direct impact on the level of service provided to customers,” they say from Microsoft.

Microsoft encourages users to migrate to the latest version, SQL Server 2014, to take advantage of the latest technological advances in information management.

SQL Server 2014 offers an advanced high-performance data platform with up to thirteen times more speed than version 2005. In addition, it promises up to thirty times more performance in in-memory workloads and one hundred times faster searches, key when large amounts of data have to be processed in an agile manner.

In the latest version of SQL Server, Microsoft also includes cloud disaster recovery, support for unstructured, complex data, and data streaming.

Following this announcement, Microsoft has warned that starting in April 2016, companies that do not update could jeopardize their security and normal operation.