It’s time for our quarterly update of our SQL ConstantCare® population report, showing how quickly (or slowly) folks adopt new versions of SQL Server. In short, people are replacing SQL Server 2016 and 2017 with 2022!
SQL Server 2025: 0% (but it’s 10 servers) SQL Server 2022: 29%, up from 25% last quarter SQL Server 2019: 43%, no change SQL Server 2017: 9%, was 10% SQL Server 2016: 10%, was 13% SQL Server 2014 & prior: 6%, no change Azure SQL DB and Managed Instances: 2%, no change
So, is SQL Server 2022 looking better after all, like