The one problem with that mindset is they probably support 3-10 versions of their software due to clients not upgrading.  Are they supposed to test with every single combination that...

Cannot until the software vendor certifies the CUs.  They are horrible about this.  If they say you apply it and we won't support you we are stuck.

I have seen several...

As you go through the screens to apply SP3 it will sense you have 2 separate instances.  A screen will come up showing both instances and you can check one...

Actually the very first SQL Server system I ever installed in 1996 which was 6.0.  It is now running on SQL 2014.

From what little I am able to see it seems like there are a LOT of companies still running SQL 2008R2.

Interesting topic.  I ended up getting my Mom a new Win10 PC to replace her Win7 PC just last week.  She didn't need it at all, however, the end of...

Yes, it is a coming quickly.  I haven't even installed a SQL Server 2017 and 2019 is almost here.

The question becomes what Windows patch were they applying that was running a SQL Server upgrade? A SQL Server security patch in a Cumulative Update?....

As far as I know...

I have this same issue come up from time to time.  The only thing I see is that the CPUs may not be near 100% but there is a LOT...

Basically the ID that was the database owner has been dropped from SQL Server.

Here is a great reference for SQL Server builds.

http://sqlserverbuilds.blogspot.com/

Yes...