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SQL Server 2025 - AI ready enterprise database from ground to cloud

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May 19, 2025

SQL Server 2025 is poised to redefine the landscape of database management with its innovative AI-ready enterprise database from ground to cloud, and robust capabilities.

The new version of SQL Server is designed to be an AI-ready enterprise database platform, integrating seamlessly from ground to cloud to Fabric. In this blog, we will explore the key features and enh...
Updated May 19, 2025
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May 21, 2025

Tried on W11 on ARM64 just now, installs fine and seems to be running too, the ODBC administration is still a mess using odbcad32.exe (32bit version), SMSS 21 installs fine too, but crashes on startup everytime.

Trying on W11 Insider Preview Dev Channel.

SQL Server processes are x64 not arm64(ec), will keep trying ...