I agree with Garth's point. The Microsoft docs link will help you there in a scenario where you want to have an offline update of the Configuration Manager version.
Mohan produced an excellent step-by-step post to explain the process of SCCM Upgrade with an Offline Service Connection Point scenario. You can also have a look at it if you like. This post explains how to download the updates in an offline or no internet kind of scenario etc...
KR
Anoop
@yannara - I did receive a similar comment on one of the posts on Windows 10 versions.
My point of view/hypothesis was this. I could be totally wrong :-D
Why should it be changed? The major version is still the same as Windows 11 and most of the previous versions of Windows because it's all built on the same base core OS ... Microsoft is adding new or additional code on top of the previous versions to make a new version. Hence the major version is not changed.
I don't think it will ever change until they reach some other limitation. Or Microsoft will need to build a new OS ground up.
@KDBoutelle Secondary site upgrades are straightforward in a normal scenario.
I was a bit confused about the status of secondary site updates when I started with CB upgrades...
But then I started using the following SQL query
select dbo.fnGetSecondarySiteCMUpdateStatus ('HS0')
where HS0 is the site code.
I have shared my experience upgrade experience https://www.anoopcnair.com/sccm-2010-secondary-server-upgrade-guide-configmgr/
You can download the SQL Server standard version from VLSC without paying anything. Microsoft won't charge you any license fee to download from VLSC. You will have to pay when you use it in your environment.
SCCM Licensing topic is always complex for me. Hope you are not using the SQL Server standard for hosting some other application DBs. If you are using this to host other application SQL DBs, then that requires an additional license.
Microsoft Docs
Approved use rights for the SQL Server capabilities with Configuration Manager include:
Site database role
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) for software update point role
SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) for reporting point role
Data warehouse service point role
Database replicas for management point roles
The SQL Server license that's included with Configuration Manager supports each instance of SQL Server that you install to host a database for Configuration Manager. However, only databases for Configuration Manager in the preceding list can run on that SQL Server when you use this license. If a database for any additional Microsoft or third-party product shares the SQL Server, you must have a separate license for that SQL Server instance.
More details - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/understand/product-and-licensing-faq