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Introducing SQL Server 2022

Azure-enabled with continued performance and security innovation, SQL Server 2022 provides a modern data platform to transform your business.

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SQL Server End of Support

SQL Server 2012 Extended Support is ending July 12, 2022. Learn what this means for you and how to safeguard your data estate.

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Unleash the power in your data

Reimagine the realm of possibility. Microsoft data platform solutions release the potential hidden in your data—whether it's on-premises, in the cloud, or at the edge—and reveal insights and opportunities to transform your business.

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Azure SQL digital event

Learn how to build an effective cloud database management strategy and see how to accelerate your organization’s app modernization and development using Azure SQL.

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Microsoft Ignite

Browse through the most memorable and most impactful content from our recent digital event by topic.

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Reinvent your business

Innovate faster on-premises

Intelligence and security are built into Microsoft SQL Server 2019. You get extras without extra cost, along with best-in-class performance and flexibility for your on-premises needs.

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Accelerate your move to the cloud

Take advantage of the efficiency and agility of the cloud by easily migrating to the cloud without changing code. Unlock insights and make predictions faster with Azure.

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Build intelligent apps

Develop using the technology of your choice, including open source, backed by Microsoft's innovations. Easily integrate data into your apps and use a rich set of cognitive services to build human-like intelligence across any scale of data.

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Gain transformative insights

AI is native to the data platform—you can unlock insights faster from all your data, on-premises and in the cloud. Combine your unique enterprise data and the world's data to build an intelligence-driven organization.

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Why use the Microsoft data platform

Fast and agile

Work with a flexible data platform that gives you a consistent experience across platforms and gets your innovations to market faster—you can build your apps and then deploy anywhere.

Built-in intelligence

The Microsoft data platform brings AI to your data so you gain deep knowledge about your business and customers like never before. Only Microsoft brings machine learning to database engines and to the edge, for faster predictions and better security.

Enterprise-proven

Bring your business to scale while trusting that your security, performance, and availability needs are covered—with an industry-leading total cost of ownership.

The numbers speak for themselves

98

of the Fortune 100 use SQL Server

1M

predictions/second using Machine Learning Services

100T

transactions/day using Azure Cosmos DB

1ST

in performance benchmarks across TPC-E and TPC-H tests

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Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Database Management Systems

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Gartner Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics