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ESU availability

The 1-year ESU licenses are the traditional way of purchasing Extended Security Updates and have historically only been available through the Enterprise Agreement. For SQL Server 2012 you won’t find them on the public EA price list, but you can…

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Qualifying licenses

Customers can buy the 1-year Extended Security Updates licenses or purchase ESUs through Azure Arc if their SQL Server workloads are licensed in any of the following ways: With SQL Server licenses with active Software Assurance acquired through a Volume…

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ESU types

ESUs are purchased for SQL Server 2012 workloads running on a customer’s own servers, or in a partner infrastructure, and there are two ways to buy them: As 1-year ESU licenses On a Pay-As-You-Go ESU meter via Azure Arc The…

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Purchasing choices

There are two ways for customers to buy Extended Security Updates depending on the duration in commitment they want to make, and the best way for them to deploy ESUs. 

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ESUs: SQL SERVER 2014

When releases of SQL Server reach the end of their support lifecycle, Microsoft no longer programmatically provide regular security updates. Instead, customers who need to continue running these older versions of SQL Server must acquire rights to Extended Security Updates…

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Purchasing choices

There are two ways for customers to buy Extended Security Updates depending on the duration in commitment they want to make, and the best way for them to deploy ESUs.

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ESUs: SQL SERVER 2012

When releases of SQL Server reach the end of their support lifecycle, Microsoft no longer programmatically provide regular security updates. Instead, customers who need to continue running these older versions of SQL Server must acquire rights to Extended Security Updates…

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ESUs: SQL SERVER 2008/2008 R2

When releases of SQL Server reach the end of their support lifecycle, Microsoft no longer programmatically provide regular security updates. Instead, customers who need to continue running these older versions of SQL Server must acquire rights to Extended Security Updates…

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ESUs: WINDOWS SERVER 2008/2008 R2

When releases of Windows Server reach the end of their support lifecycle, Microsoft no longer programmatically provide regular security updates. Instead, customers who need to continue running these older versions of Windows Server must acquire rights to Extended Security Updates…

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