Merge pull request #3497 from BrentOzarULTD/3468_supported_versions_docs

#3468 updating supported versions

Author: BrentOzar

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ If you can't find a similar issue, go ahead and open your own. Include as much d
 
 Open source is community-built software. Anyone is welcome to build things that would help make their job easier.
 
-Open source isn't free development, though. Working on these scripts is hard work: they have to work on case-sensitive instances, and on all supported versions of SQL Server (currently 2008 through 2017.) If you just waltz in and say, "Someone please bake me a cake," you're probably not going to get a cake.
+Open source isn't free development, though. Working on these scripts is hard work: they have to work on case-sensitive instances, and on all versions of SQL Server that Microsoft currently supports. If you just waltz in and say, "Someone please bake me a cake," you're probably not going to get a cake.
 
 If you want something, you're going to either need to build it yourself, or convince someone else to devote their free time to your feature request. You can do that by sponsoring development (offering to hire a developer to build it for you), or getting people excited enough that they volunteer to build it for you.
 

README.md

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 The First Responder Kit runs on:
 
-* SQL Server 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022 on Windows - fully supported.
+* SQL Server on Windows - all versions that Microsoft supports. For end of support dates, check out the "Support Ends" column at https://sqlserverupdates.com.
 * SQL Server on Linux - yes, fully supported except sp_AllNightLog and sp_DatabaseRestore, which require xp_cmdshell, which Microsoft doesn't provide on Linux.
-* SQL Server 2008 R2 and earlier - not supported since it's out of Microsoft support, but check the Deprecated folder for older versions of the scripts which may work, depending on your versions and compatibility levels.
 * Amazon RDS SQL Server - fully supported.
 * Azure SQL DB - not supported. Some of the procedures work, but some don't, and Microsoft has a tendency to change DMVs in Azure without warning, so we don't put any effort into supporting it. If it works, great! If not, any changes to make it work would be on you. [See the contributing.md file](CONTRIBUTING.md) for how to do that.
 
+If you're stuck with versions of SQL Server that Microsoft no longer supports, like SQL Server 2008, check the Deprecated folder for older versions of the scripts which may work, depending on your versions and compatibility levels.
+
 ## How to Install the Scripts
 
 There are three installation scripts. Choose the one that most suits your needs: