Retire BDC

Author: MikeRayMSFT

docs/big-data-cluster/big-data-options.md

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 author: WilliamDAssafMSFT
 ms.author: wiassaf
 ms.reviewer: hudequei, randolphwest
-ms.date: 03/08/2024
+ms.date: 07/29/2025
 ms.service: sql
 ms.subservice: big-data-cluster
 ms.topic: conceptual
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 ## Retirement of the [!INCLUDE [ssbigdataclusters-ver15](../includes/ssbigdataclusters-ver15.md)] add-on
 
-On February 28, 2025, we will retire [!INCLUDE [ssbigdataclusters-ver15](../includes/ssbigdataclusters-ver15.md)]. All existing users of SQL Server 2019 with Software Assurance will be fully supported on the platform and the software will continue to be maintained through SQL Server cumulative updates until that time. **For more information, see [the announcement blog post](https://aka.ms/sqlserver_bigdataclusters).**
+On February 28, 2025, [!INCLUDE [ssbigdataclusters-ver15](../includes/ssbigdataclusters-ver15.md)] retired. **For more information, see [the announcement blog post](https://aka.ms/sqlserver_bigdataclusters).**
 
 ## Changes to PolyBase support in SQL Server
 

docs/includes/bdc-banner-retirement.md

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 author: WilliamDAssafMSFT
 ms.author: wiassaf
-ms.date: 03/16/2023
+ms.date: 07/29/2025
 ms.service: sql
 ms.subservice: big-data-cluster
 ms.topic: include
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 > [!IMPORTANT]
-> The Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters add-on will be retired. Support for SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters will end on February 28, 2025.  <!-- see also docs\big-data-cluster\index.yml --> All existing users of SQL Server 2019 with Software Assurance will be fully supported on the platform and the software will continue to be maintained through SQL Server cumulative updates until that time. For more information, see [the announcement blog post](https://aka.ms/sqlserver_bigdataclusters) and [Big data options on the Microsoft SQL Server platform](../big-data-cluster/big-data-options.md).
+> The Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters is retired. For more information, see [the announcement blog post](https://aka.ms/sqlserver_bigdataclusters) and [Big data options on the Microsoft SQL Server platform](../big-data-cluster/big-data-options.md).