Description

SQL Server 2025 (17.x) builds on previous releases to grow SQL Server as a platform that gives you choices of development languages, data types, on-premises or cloud environments, and operating systems.

Utilize authentication through Microsoft Entra Managed Identity
Tap into improved app concurrency with optimized locking
Accelerate performance with batch mode and faster query processing
Track increased uptime with reliable failover enhancements

Enhance intelligence by combining semantic search with full-text search and filtering
Apply flexible interfaces for AI models, deployed locally or via cloud services
Streamline workflows with integrated vector embedding
Accelerate app development with LangChain, Semantic Kernel, and Entity Framework Core integration

Efficiently process JSON data with native type, index, and functions
Increase extensibility by connecting data to any REST interface
Simplify querying of diverse datasets using Regular Expression (RegEx)
Build real-time, event-driven apps with change event streaming

Achieve zero-ETL, near-real-time analytics by replicating SQL Server data to Microsoft OneLake with database mirroring in Fabric
Deploy centralized management, security, and automation using Azure Arc
Enable disaster recovery and read scale-out to Azure SQL
Get simplified licensing with Azure Arc pay-as-you-go

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