SQL Server 2022’s market share has remained pretty stable since its huge jump in Q1, when people replaced a lot of 2016 servers with 2022. With SQL Server 2025’s release approaching quickly, I’m not sure SQL Server 2022 will ever approach the amazing dominant streak that 2019 experienced – that thing’s been a monster! It’s held over 40% market share for two years straight now.
Read on for Brent’s predictions around SQL Server 2025. I tend to agree with Brent’s conclusion around why adoption for 2025—assuming no unforeseen catastrophe in the product—will be more like what we saw with SQL Server 2016 or 2019 versus 2017 or 2022. Which is good, because 2022 and 2025 both have some nice additions to T-SQL that will make database developers’ lives easier.