From 5423e7a04983dd50cdea81e57d54c0f86f6cb723 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Samantha Wang <32681364+sjwang90@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2021 13:42:58 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] update: inputs.sqlserver support version in readme (#9040)

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 plugins/inputs/sqlserver/README.md | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/plugins/inputs/sqlserver/README.md b/plugins/inputs/sqlserver/README.md
index e69a2d41f9e21..ee2dc52c369ca 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/sqlserver/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/sqlserver/README.md
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # SQL Server Input Plugin
-The `sqlserver` plugin provides metrics for your SQL Server instance. It
-currently works with SQL Server 2008 SP3 and newer. Recorded metrics are
+The `sqlserver` plugin provides metrics for your SQL Server instance. Recorded metrics are
 lightweight and use Dynamic Management Views supplied by SQL Server.
 
 ### The SQL Server plugin supports the following editions/versions of SQL Server
 - SQL Server
-  - 2008 SP3 (with CU3)
-  - SQL Server 2008 R2 SP3 and newer versions
+  - 2012 or newer (Plugin support aligned with the [official Microsoft SQL Server support](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/sql-server/end-of-support/sql-server-end-of-life-overview?view=sql-server-ver15#lifecycle-dates))
+  - End-of-life SQL Server versions are not guaranteed to be supported by Telegraf. Any issues with the SQL Server plugin for these EOL versions will 
+  need to be addressed by the community. 
 - Azure SQL Database (Single)
 - Azure SQL Managed Instance