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Microsoft Corp. today released SQL Server 2022, the latest release of its popular SQL Server relational database. SQL Server can run in the cloud and on on-premises infrastructure.

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And, in particular, Microsoft wants to be a Linux cloud power. Today, Azure is certainly the primary way Microsoft monetizes Linux, so it's only logical that SQL Server would be added to Linux.

SQL Server 2022 also includes enhanced support for JSON data, query intelligence for better performance and a Ledger feature that enables blockchain-style tamper-proofing in the database.

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“SQL Server Express is a version of SQL Server you can use for dev/test and Web and mobile apps with lightweight relational database needs,” stated the company in a Feb. 12 blog post.