The release of SQL Server 2025 keeps inching closer. Release Candidate 0 is out now, and here are the release notes. If you’re planning on replacing your SQL Server 2016 instances (which go out of support next July) with 2025, now would be a good time to start doing functionality testing. As a reminder, here’s my post on how to go live on a new SQL Server version.
SQL Server 2025 RC0 adds a new database-scoped option called PREVIEW_FEATURES. If you wanna use stuff that’s not officially supported yet, you have to turn this feature on. You can kind of