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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.

Using a connection to Azure Arc, which is part of the SQL Server 2022 setup process, on-premises users can now also opt for cloud-enabled billing to manage consumption spikes or for ad hoc use cases.

With Azure AI, Microsoft is building out the app server for the AI wave, providing access to the most diverse selection of models to meet customers’ unique cost, latency and design considerations.

“SQL Availability Groups can now be added to ASR Recovery plans along with virtual machines,” blogged Prateek Sharma, a Microsoft Cloud and Enterprise senior program manager, on Oct. 13.

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