Object storage integration SQL Server 2022 (16.x) introduces new object storage integration to the data platform, enabling you to integrate SQL Server with S3-compatible object storage, in addition to Azure Storage. The first is backup to URL and the second is Data Lake Virtualization.Data Lake...
Has columnstore index enhancements for sorting and Always On Availability Group support. New security features: Always Encrypted:When enabled, only the application that has the encryption key can access the encrypted sensitive data in the SQL Server 2016 database. The key is never passed to SQL Se...
Let’s look at another GUID function available in SQL Server – NEWSEQUENTIALID. This function creates a GUID that is greater than any GUID previously created by this function on the same machine since Windows started. This mechanism of generating continuously higher values is a great fit when GU...
Starting with SQL Server 2019 (15.x), batch mode is enabled on eligible analytical workloads whose queries include operations with any type of index (rowstore or columnstore). See Batch mode on rowstore. Scalar UDF Inlining Automatically transforms scalar UDFs into relational expressions and embeds ...
Has columnstore index enhancements for sorting and Always On Availability Group support. New security features: Always Encrypted: When enabled, only the application that has the encryption key can access the encrypted sensitive data in the SQL Server 2016 database. The key is never passed to SQL...
SQL Server 2019 Analysis Services GA (Generally Available) Tabular model compatibility level This release introduces the 1500 compatibility level for tabular models. Query interleaving Query interleaving is a tabular mode system configuration that can improve user query response times in high-concurrency sc...
An availability database is sometimes called a database replica in Transact-SQL, PowerShell, and SQL Server Management Objects (SMO) names. For example, the term "database replica" is used in the names of the Always On dynamic management views that return information about availability databases...
SQL Server 2019 Analysis Services GA (Generally Available) Tabular model compatibility level This release introduces the 1500 compatibility level for tabular models. Query interleaving Query interleaving is a tabular mode system configuration that can improve user query response times in high-concurrency sc...
For more information about SSRS, seeWhat is SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS). For information about Power BI Report Server, seeWhat's new in Power BI Report Server. SQL Server 2022 Reporting Services DownloadSQL Server 2022 Reporting Servicesfrom the Microsoft Download Center. ...
What is SQL, in the SQL Server, is a common question asked. This article is meant to answer that question, while providing some history and context.