tag: Sql-Server · 3 items
- Platform/SRE — Plan: SQL Server 2025 is now GA on RDS; teams operating SQL Server workloads should evaluate an engine upgrade to gain Standard Edition capacity increases (up to 32 cores, 256 GB buffer pool) and Resource Governor, previously Enterprise-only — no deadline, but a meaningful capability shift worth scheduling this quarter.
- CI/CD — Skip
- Leader — Learn: SQL Server 2025 introduces a new free Dev-SE edition and significant Standard Edition capacity/feature improvements that could reduce Enterprise licensing costs; worth noting for next SQL Server licensing review, but no immediate strategic decision is forced.
- Platform/SRE — Learn: Useful to know if managing SQL Server workloads on Azure; Arc-enabled migration now covers SQL Server on Azure VMs alongside Managed Instance, potentially simplifying future lift-and-shift planning.
- CI/CD — Skip
- Leader — Learn: Broadens the Azure migration path for SQL Server workloads, worth noting if the org is evaluating cloud migration options or Azure vendor strategy for data infrastructure.
- Signals: GA announcement
- Platform/SRE — Learn: Useful if planning a SQL Server to AWS migration — the offline metadata extraction removes connectivity barriers — but no deadline or version constraint makes this actionable now.
- CI/CD — Skip
- Leader — Learn: Reduces security-review friction for SQL Server migrations to AWS, which may accelerate a planned migration project, but no strategic decision is forced.