We have an application which only works on SQL server 2012 and lower versions, unfortunately what we have is SQL server 2003 and need to get SQL server 2012.
In general only SQL server 2017 is available in market.
Can any body guide if if can purchase SQL server 2017 standard and downgrade it by 3 versions to SQL Server 2012 ( 2016> 2014 > 2012)
Any help on this will be much appreciated.