The short story for this quarter: SQL Server 2022 adoption rates have stalled, even backtracked, and it doesn’t appear to be due to the cloud, either.
For the long story: ever wonder how fast people are adopting new versions of SQL Server, or what’s “normal” out there for SQL Server adoption rates? Let’s find out in the summer 2023 version of our SQL ConstantCare® population report.
Out of 3,124 monitored servers (up from 3,002), here’s the version adoption rate:
The big 3 versions are all within 1% of the last quarter’s numbers:
SQL Server 2019: 38% (up 5%