Microsoft will be turning off mainstream support for SQL server 2000 for most editions of the product in April 2008:
|
Products Released |
General Availability Date |
Mainstream Support Retired |
Extended Support Retired |
|
SQL Server 2000 64-bit Edition |
30/11/2000 |
08/04/2008 |
09/04/2013 |
|
SQL Server 2000 Developer Edition |
30/11/2000 |
08/04/2008 |
09/04/2013 |
|
SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition |
30/11/2000 |
08/04/2008 |
09/04/2013 |
|
SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition |
30/11/2000 |
08/04/2008 |
09/04/2013 |
|
SQL Server 2000 Windows CE Edition 2.0 |
16/12/2002 |
08/01/2008 |
08/01/2013 |
|
SQL Server 2000 Workgroup Edition |
01/06/2005 |
08/04/2008 |
09/04/2013 |
More Information:
http://blogs.technet.com/andrew/archive/2007/10/30/end-of-the-road-for-sql-server-2000.aspxhttp://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?LN=en-us&p1=2852&x=14&y=11
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