{"id":26416,"date":"2019-03-01T08:12:10","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T16:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/?p=26416"},"modified":"2024-01-22T22:51:21","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T06:51:21","slug":"sql-server-2019-community-technology-preview-2-3-is-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2019\/03\/01\/sql-server-2019-community-technology-preview-2-3-is-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"SQL Server 2019 community technology preview 2.3 is now available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the<a href=\"https:\/\/sqlbits.com\/\"> SQL bits<\/a> keynote today, we announced the release of <strong>SQL Server 2019 community technology preview 2.3<\/strong>, the fourth in a monthly cadency of preview releases. Previewed in September 2018, SQL Server 2019 is the first release of SQL Server to closely integrate Apache Spark<b>\u2122<\/b> and HDFS with SQL Server in a unified data platform.<\/p>\n<p>This CTP 2.3 preview brings the following new features and capabilities to SQL Server 2019:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/sql\/sql-server\/what-s-new-in-sql-server-ver15\">Big data clusters<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Seamlessly access data from SQL Server or Apache Spark<b>\u2122<\/b> in Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS) Gen 2 via HDFS Tiering<\/li>\n<li>Submit Spark jobs on SQL Server big data clusters from IntelliJ. Using\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql\/big-data-cluster\/spark-submit-job-intellij-tool-plugin?view=sql-server-ver15\">Azure toolkit for IntelliJ<\/a>, you can connect and submit Spark jobs to <a href=\"https:\/\/nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcloudblogs.microsoft.com%2Fsqlserver%2F2018%2F09%2F25%2Fintroducing-microsoft-sql-server-2019-big-data-clusters%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7CAnshul.Rampal%40microsoft.com%7C52cb87c602da4af1a8f008d6a0b53825%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636873097561460292&amp;sdata=%2BnOWZKvXwDfVsyT87ljlqtRE9zwmLq5JKYE8RbZSzJ4%3D&amp;reserved=0\">SQL Server Big Data Cluster<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Application deployment and management experience for deploying a variety of data-related apps including operationalizing machine learning models using R and Python, running SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) jobs, and more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/sql\/sql-server\/what-s-new-in-sql-server-ver15\">Database engine<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Accelerated database recovery to provide constant time recovery and instant rollback for long running transactions<\/li>\n<li>Performance enhancements in query plan recompilations, transaction log management, and Query Store<\/li>\n<li>SQL Graph enhancement to enable cascaded deletion of edges upon the deletion of nodes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/sql\/sql-server\/what-s-new-in-sql-server-ver15\">SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Calculation groups in tabular models that reduce the number of measures by reusing calculation logic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Getting started<\/h2>\n<p>Ready to learn more?\u00a0 Here are some ways to get started with SQL Server 2019:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To get started with SQL Server 2019 CTP 2.3, find download instructions on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/sql-server-2019\">SQL Server 2019 web page<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Visit the SQL Server 2019 EAP program to sign up and learn more about the early adoption program<\/li>\n<li>Register for our upcoming webinar on March 5<sup>th<\/sup> on <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/AA4abti\">SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sign up for a <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/ALS290e-register\">SQL Server 2017 &amp; 2019 Deep Dive Show<\/a> with Live Q&amp;A on March 6<sup>th<\/sup> and 7<sup>th<\/sup><\/li>\n<li>For an overview of the new features in SQL Server 2019, view our on-demand webinar <em><a href=\"https:\/\/info.microsoft.com\/ww-landing-intro-sql-server-2019.html\">Introduction to SQL Server 2019<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the SQL bits keynote today, we announced the release of SQL Server 2019 community technology preview 2.3, the fourth in a monthly cadency of preview releases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1457,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_classifai_error":"","_classifai_text_to_speech_error":"","footnotes":""},"post_tag":[],"product":[5227,2536],"content-type":[2448],"topic":[2451],"coauthors":[2487],"class_list":["post-26416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","product-sql","product-sql-server-2019","content-type-updates","topic-big-data","review-flag-1593580414-58","review-flag-2-1593580436-981","review-flag-3-1593580441-293","review-flag-5-1593580452-31","review-flag-6-1593580457-144","review-flag-7-1593580462-294","review-flag-integ-1593580287-179","review-flag-new-1593580247-437"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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