It's 2022, time for a new version of SQL Server! Richard chats with Bob Ward about Microsoft's latest release of their ubiquitous database. The conversation starts out with a little bit of history of how SQL Server has evolved over the decades - and how there's still a need for a database in organizations, but the feature set has changed. Bob talks about making hybrid really work, whether it's an on-premises database that backs up and fails over to the cloud, or how tools like Azure Purview can live in the cloud and help monitor and govern on-premises databases. And if you do choose to migrate to the cloud, these hybrid options make life easier - especially with SQL 2022!

Links:

• Azure SQL Revealed
• SQL Server 2022
• Azure SQL Managed Instance
• Azure Synapse Analytics
• SQL Query Store with Erin Stellato
• Azure Purview
• Azure Arc

Recorded January 13, 2022