In my timezone it’s july 9th 2019, the end of the road for SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2.
You need to be on 2012 or higher if you want support from Microsoft.
Does it stop working? No, it will run fine. The fact that it’s end of life and out of support doesn’t mean you can get your hands on Enterprise edition and use it for free.
What you should do, or should have done alreade, is migrate to SQL Server 2017. It’s much better, supported for a long time and there are so many gains for your support crew.
Reitse began his computer days with GW Basic and quickly followed with Windows 3.11. After that many computers followed and, interrupted by human resource and psychology studies, he got into the IT work field around 2007. There he met Oracle 9. With a command line from 1980. At his current job he met SQL Server. And loved it. Now he’s working with SQL 2008 to SQL 2019 on-premises and a number of Azure SQL Databases, supporting customers and tuning databases. New projects focus more on the Azure data platform as an architect, security advisor and data engineer.
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