With each update, Microsoft has added various features and functionalities to the SQL Server environment. Now, with the announcement of the SQL Server 2025 release, database administrators and users ...

An update to the cardinality estimator feature in SQL Server 2022 will be one of the biggest changes to the database engine since its inception. Database engines like SQL Server are incredibly complex ...

SQL Server backups cannot be restored to older versions directly. Use Export and Import Data-Tier Application for cross-version database migration. Reconfigure permissions, logins, and connection ...

After a Microsoft SQL Server upgrade, you experience a connection error. The error is likely to continue even after you use the local system account for the SQL ...

Query Store is a powerful but still underutilized feature in SQL Server. Many database administrators are not yet taking advantage of its capabilities, despite its ability to significantly improve ...

Built on SQL Server's best-in-class security, performance and availability, SQL Server 2025 empowers you to accelerate AI using your own data, securely and at enterprise scale. It supports hybrid ...

To apply this cumulative update package, you must be running SQL Server 2019. Beginning in Microsoft SQL Server 2017, the Analysis Services build version number and SQL Server Database Engine build ...

Choose a SQL Server trial, edition, tool, or connector that best meets your data and workload needs. Accelerate AI development with SQL Server 2025, the AI-ready enterprise database with best-in-class ...