Notice 21-09 | September 08, 2021
As published by Microsoft® Extended Support for SQL Server 2012 will cease effective 12 July 2022. In line with this, The Access Group would like to remind you of this and the impact on our products that use Microsoft SQL Server®.
This cessation of extended support means that The Access Group will only be developing and testing any future product releases only on currently supported mainstream versions of both Microsoft OS® and Microsoft SQL Server®.
We cannot guarantee that non mainstream supported Microsoft SQL® versions will not have issues, although the product framework is built to be backward compatible.
Our recommendation if you are currently using Microsoft SQL Server 2012® would be to plan the upgrade works for your business in the coming months prior to July 2022 to a minimum version of Microsoft SQL Server 2019® for the optimum support term.
Microsoft® SQL Server® Lifecycle dates
Release | Version (SP number varies) | Release year | Mainstream Support end year |
15.0… | 2019 | 7/01/2025 | |
14.0… | 2017 | 11/10/2022 | |
13.0… | 2016 | 13/07/2021 | |
12.0… | 2014 | 9/07/2019 | |
11.0… | 2012 | 11/07/2017 | |
10.50… | 2010 | 2012 | |
10.0… | 2008 | 2012 | |
9.0… | 2006 | 2011 | |
8.0… | 2000 | 2005 |
Mainstream support includes functional, performance, scalability, and security updates.
Extended support includes only security updates
End of support (also sometimes known as end of life) indicates that a product has reached the end of its lifecycle, and servicing and support are no longer available for the product.
Once your SQL Server® has reached the end of support stage:
Upgrade to a current version of SQL Server®.
For more details, refer to the Microsoft® Lifecycle Policy website -
The Access Group will only be developing and testing any future product releases on only currently supported (mainstream supported) versions of both Microsoft® OS and Microsoft® SQL Server® and cannot guarantee that non mainstream supported SQL versions will not have any issues, although the product framework is built to be backward compatible.