Hello Andrea,
Please message me the Support case and I'll take a look a this. (Hover over my name, and choose "Message.")
Note that Microsoft support is NOT being dropped for the next release of SQL, but some version after, for 'ntext.'
Deprecated Database Engine Features in SQL Server 2016
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Features Not Supported in a Future Version of SQL Server
The following SQL Server Database Engine features are supported in the next version of SQL Server, but will be removed in a later version. The specific version of SQL Server has not been determined.
Category | Deprecated feature | Replacement | Feature name | Feature ID |
Data types | Data types: | Use varchar(max), nvarchar(max), and varbinary(max) data types. | Data types:text, ntext orimage | 4 |
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text |
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ntext |
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image |
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I'd like to answer "Yes, will be taken care of by then" based on past experience - for any of our faults, CA is actually pretty good on staying on top of changes like this one.
But if you message me the Support case, I'll see if I can follow up with our Dev. Team for a response.
Note though that as the change has not happened yet, the likely answer is "It will be reviewed when Microsoft announces the SQL version that this will come in."
Thanks, Kyle_R.