Microsoft SQL Server – Data Management & Analytics

Microsoft SQL Server Overview

Microsoft SQL Server accelerate your AI application time to market by leveraging the power of your data and built-in AI capabilities in SQL Server 2025—the enterprise database with best-in-class security, performance, and availability.
SQL Server 2025 (17.x) Preview builds on previous releases to grow SQL Server as a platform that offers a choice of development languages, data types, on-premises or cloud environments, and operating systems.

Microsoft SQL Server Features

• Advanced relational database engine for structured data management
• High-performance query processing with optimization techniques
• Built-in support for business intelligence and analytics
• Integration with Azure for hybrid cloud scenarios
• High availability with Always On availability groups and failover clustering
• Robust data security with encryption, authentication, and auditing tools
• Support for in-memory OLTP for faster transaction processing
• Comprehensive reporting through SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)
• Data integration and transformation with SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
• Machine learning and AI model integration within the database
• Full-text search capabilities for unstructured data
• Transparent data compression and storage optimization
• Advanced indexing options to boost query performance
• Cross-platform compatibility with Linux and Windows support
• Seamless connection with Power BI for visualization and dashboards

Available editions

• SQL Server 2025 Evaluation Edition
• SQL Server 2025 Express Edition
• SQL Server 2025 Enterprise Developer Edition
• SQL Server 2025 Standard Developer Edition

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is available separately in the 2025 release!
This distribution includes SSMS version 21.4.12.

File Information

Year/Release Date : 2025
Version : 17.0.900.7 RC0
Developer : Microsoft
Developer’s website : www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-sql-server-2025
Bit depth : 64bit
Interface language : English + Russian
Tablet : none

System Requirements

– Windows 10 or later
– Windows Server 2019 or later
Memory :
Minimum Memory – Express Editions: 512 MB
— All other editions: 1 GB
Recommended memory — Express editions: 1 GB
— All other editions: At least 4 GB and should be increased as the database size increases to ensure optimal performance.
Processor :
Processor Type: x64 processor. All Intel and AMD x86-64 processors with up to 64 cores per NUMA node.
Minimum speed: 1.4 GHz .
Recommended speed: 2.0 GHz or faster.