SQL Server Code Name “Denali” – Supported OSes and Upgrade Paths

re: SQL Server Code Name “Denali” – Supported OSes and Upgrade Paths

Rick Parish — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 21:56:36 GMT

And by the way, corporations will probably hang on to SQL 2000, 2005 and 2008 even longer now that XP is not supported.

re: SQL Server Code Name “Denali” – Supported OSes and Upgrade Paths

Rick Parish — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 21:54:21 GMT

We won't be able to implement Denali LocalDB because of the XP limitation. We have no control over the computer that our agents use and the majority of them still use XP. If you want to force people to use Windows 7 so you can sell more product, give people a compelling reason to upgrade to Windows 7, don't force it on them. People develop a bad impression of your company.

re: SQL Server Code Name “Denali” – Supported OSes and Upgrade Paths

Mike Kruchten — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:23:23 GMT

I'm fine with the server restrictions, it's the client tools that will prevent adoption in my group. We're currently still on XP and with 70,000+ desktops to upgrade Windows 7 is a long ways off. So currently I can't even get the CTP installed to play with.

re: SQL Server Code Name “Denali” – Supported OSes and Upgrade Paths

Why Knot — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:28:00 GMT

Some of my development tools aren't even compatible with Windows 7 or Vista and not even having the option to test drive Denali at the client level is just a disappointment.

Sorry Denali, I'll have to give you a try in about 5 years when the companies in my field decide to upgrade.

In the meantime we will still be bound to third party solutions for Reporting Services inability to export > 255 columns.

re: SQL Server Code Name “Denali” – Supported OSes and Upgrade Paths

Tyler Cruse — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 19:49:09 GMT

Upgrade blocked from

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 (SP1) - 10.50.2769.0 (X64) Jun 24 2011 13:09:43 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation Developer Edition (64-bit) on Windows NT 6.1 <X64> (Build 7601: Service Pack 1)

Was this planned?

re: SQL Server Code Name “Denali” – Supported OSes and Upgrade Paths

Earl — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:55:54 GMT

I don't see why we should expect new software to run on an outdated OS that can't be properly secured from all the new exploits. To run NEW software it should require the respective OS be the same that it was created for and nothing else. If Microsoft wants to drop support for something that is using old technology so that a new product can use new technology then so be it.

Everyone on XP should not expect that all new software being produced run on thier OS this is the life of software it will never be supported on all OS'es/Versions in the wild.

Get over it and move on with the rest of the world!

re: SQL Server Code Name “Denali” – Supported OSes and Upgrade Paths

Nick — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 04:40:16 GMT

I'm going to disagree with the crowd, I think support for XP should be put in place. I'm on Windows 7 at home, but work is still on XP slowly moving to 7. Please support Windows XP. I use virtual machines for demonstrations and I like the smaller footprint that XP provides.

re: SQL Server Code Name “Denali” – Supported OSes and Upgrade Paths

DrPizza — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:06:50 GMT

Make it 64-bit only too. Exchange already is.

re: SQL Server Code Name “Denali” – Supported OSes and Upgrade Paths

Carla Santos — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 14:56:38 GMT

A lot of my customers are still running SQL 2000 on Windows 2003, so I believe we should add this to the supportability.

re: SQL Server Code Name “Denali” – Supported OSes and Upgrade Paths

Sergey Olontsev — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:25:39 GMT

I think at least workstation tools and SQL Express should support Windows XP, because there are still a large amount of such OS'es in corporate segment. Vista was awful and only small amount of companies moved. A lot of still using XP. You know how hard sometimes is to migrate all software (especially third party) to Windows 7. MED-V is good variant, but we should upgrade at least RAM for it. I know it is time to move, but it would be impossible to explain BOSS that if we want SQL Denali we should move to Windows 7 too.