Amazon RDS Custom for SQL Server supports SQL Server 2022
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This article discusses how Amazon RDS Custom now supports Microsoft SQL Server 2022 and explains how to launch a new RDS Custom instance or upgrade an existing instance to SQL Server 2022.
Specifically, the article covers:
- Setting up prerequisites using an AWS CloudFormation template
- Launching a new RDS Custom for SQL Server 2022 instance via the AWS Console or CLI
- Performing a major version upgrade from SQL Server 2019 to 2022 on an existing RDS Custom instance
- Key new features in SQL Server 2022 like native backup to Amazon S3, TempDB performance improvements, SQL Server ledger for data protection, asynchronous auto update statistics concurrency, and time series data analysis capabilities
- The conclusion recommends testing workloads before upgrading and provides a link for more information on using RDS Custom for SQL Server
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