Microsoft SQL Server 2022 represents a significant leap forward in terms of Azure integration, performance enhancements, security features, and availability. Here’s an overview of its key features:
Azure Integration:
- Seamlessly integrates with Azure Synapse Link and Microsoft Purview to provide deeper insights, predictions, and governance from data at scale.
- Offers optional Azure-connected features, enabling customers to tailor capabilities based on business requirements.
Performance Enhancements:
- Next-generation Intelligent Query Processing features within the database engine accelerate performance without requiring any code changes.
- Time-series database support and new JSON functions increase the ability to query and manipulate JSON data efficiently.
Security Features:
- Continues its legacy as the most secure database over the last decade, with enhancements including always-encrypted features and SQL Ledger, an immutable ledger to track evidence of tampering.
Availability:
- Provides fully managed disaster recovery in the cloud through the link feature in Azure SQL Managed Instance.
- Ensures seamless analytics and insights in near real-time with Azure Synapse Link, breaking down the barriers between operational and analytical stores.
- Facilitates management and governance of the entire data estate through integration with Microsoft Purview and Microsoft Defender for SQL assessments and alerts.
Faster Performance, No Code Changes:
- New Intelligent Query Processing scenarios and Query Store enhancements result in accelerated performance and tuning without necessitating any code modifications.
Expanded Security:
- Enhances security with always-encrypted enhancements and SQL Ledger, providing an immutable ledger to track evidence of tampering.
Multi-Write Environment Availability:
- Facilitates smooth operation across multiple locations by automating the last-write-wins rule to ensure the most recent modification time is persisted on all replicas when conflicts are detected.
For detailed system requirements and supported languages, refer to the official documentation for SQL Server 2022.
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