Whenever a brand spankin’ new version of any software comes out, there are bugs, and SQL Server is no exception. This has led to a mentality where folks don’t wanna install a new version of SQL Server until the first couple of Cumulative Updates come out, hopefully fixing the first big round of bugs.
So… are there bugs this time around?
Microsoft maintains a list of SQL Server 2025 known issues, and honestly, they’re not bad! There’s stuff in here that would have sucked to be the person to learn for the first time, but no showstoppers as far as