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Microsoft SQL Server 2022 is a hybrid data platform powered by innovations in security, performance, availability & data virtualization. It is designed for organizations looking to modernize their data estate from older versions of SQL Server. It provides new cloud-connected capabilities for users looking to enable hybrid data scenarios. Organizations can accelerate performance for their applications with no code changes, protect data integrity with blockchain capabilities & achieve increased scalability & availability for critical data. It also allows developers to build new apps connecting relational data with data lakes containing parquet files & delta tables using Azure or Simple Storage Service (S3) compatible storage providers.
Top Features
Business continuity through Azure
Help ensure uptime with fully managed disaster recovery in the cloud through the link feature in Azure SQL Managed Instance. Continuously replicate data to and from the cloud.
Seamless analytics over on-premises operational data
Drive insights in near real-time by breaking the wall between operational and analytical stores. Analyze all your data using both Spark and SQL runtimes in the cloud with Azure Synapse Link.
Industry-leading performance and availability
Take advantage of performance and availability for faster queries and to help ensure business continuity. Accelerate query performance and tuning with no code changes required.
The most secure database over the last 10 years
Achieve your security and compliance goals using the database rated as least vulnerable over the last 10 years.1 Use an immutable ledger to help protect data from tampering.
Visibility over your entire data estate
Manage and govern your entire data estate to overcome data silos with Microsoft Purview.
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Business continuity through Azure
Help ensure uptime with fully managed disaster recovery in the cloud through the link feature in Azure SQL Managed Instance. Continuously replicate data to and from the cloud.

Seamless analytics over on-prem operational data
Break the wall between operational and analytical stores with Azure Synapse Link for SQL Server.

Visibility over your entire data estate
Get a clear view of all your data, no matter where it is, with Azure Purview integration.
Manage and govern your entire data estate to overcome data silos
- Automatically scan on-prem SQL Server to capture metadata
- Classify data using built-in and custom classifiers and Microsoft Information Protection sensitivity labels
- Set up and control specific access rights to SQL Server

Most secure over the last 10 years
Enhanced security, including SQL Server Ledger to ensure data integrity.
Achieve your security and compliance goals
- Use an immutable ledger to protect data from tampering by malicious actors
- Establish digital trust in a centralized system using blockchain technology
- Attest to other parties that data integrity has not been compromised

Industry-leading performance and availability
Accelerate query performance and tuning with no code changes.
Keep multi-write environments running smoothly for users across multiple locations
- Query Store now turned on by default
- Support for reading replicas from availability groups
- New IQP scenarios enabled through better together capabilities

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