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SQL2022 Release Date

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SQL2022 Release Date is currently scheduled for a release in mid 2022.

Microsoft typically does not announce any actual release dates until very close to the release.

The current version is Microsoft SQL Server 2019, released November 4, 2019. The RTM version is 15.0.

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Typically before a major release of a critical product like SQL, Microsoft normally deliver a Community Technology Preview (CTP).

The CTP will precede the SQL2022 release date.

The CTP is normally issued to major systems integrators and large users as a “Alpha” style release.

Given the elapsed three years since the last release a number of new features are expected to be available with the SQL2022 release date

  • Accelerated Database Recovery (ADR)
  • Polybase – with SQL Server 2022, Polybase was expanded support Oracle, Teradata, MongoDb and more.

SAP Business Objects BI 4.4

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SAP Business Objects BI 4.4 is due to be released in Q1 2022 according to inside sources at SAP.

The next major release of SAP BO is expected to contain a number of major functional enhancements and improvements.

Key new features are expected to be increased analytics and visualations and improved user interface.

SAP Business Objects BI 4.3 beta was relased in Q4 2019.

The new version has met a cautious reception was key users and Business Intelligence Sofware industry watchers.

SAP Business Objects BI 4.4 was relased in June 2020 was welcomed by key users and Business Intelligence Sofware industry experts.

SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.4

Previous SAP Business Objects Versions can be found here.

The Advantanges and Disadvantages of SAP Business Objects can be summarsed as:

Advantages of SAP Business Objects

  • Ingest data from multiple areas of the business and use them to generate easy to understand reports.
  • Report scheduling is simple and efficient allowing the team to run reports at a variety of different times to suit the stakeholder’s needs.
  • The metalayer takes away some of the complexities of other programs, allowing the end user to interact with the program in a clean and efficient way.

Disadvantages of SAP Business Objects

  • Users have indicated challenges inking up with data in  web portals. resulting in additional, unplanned development time,
  • Older versions had functions which have now been removed, or replaced with less effecient functions. For example the HTML output option.

 

SAP Business Objects Versions

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The SAP Business Objects versions are outlined below.

The most current SAP BO version is 4.3 and this version is a major release so users should consider migrating to SAP BI 4.3 as soon as possible.

Note that SAP BI 4.2 end of support

  1. End of Mainstream Maintenance: 31.12.2022
  2. End of Priority One Support Phase: 31.12.2024
  • SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.3 (SAP BI 4.3) was Released in June 2020
  • SAP Business Objects

SAP Business Objects

SAP BO 4.4 Release date is pending.

SQL2021 Release Date

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SQL2021 Microsoft Release Date – given past history of release the next incarnation of Microsoft SQL Server will be released in Q4 2021.

Before undetaking a new release Microsoft typically first release a CTP = “Community Technology Preview” and this is scheduled for December 2021.

We expect a number of new features to be available with the SQL2021 release date

  • Accelerated Database Recovery (ADR)
  • Polybase – with SQL 2019, Polybase was expanded support Oracle, Teradata, MongoDb and more.
    Note that the Azure SQL Database does not currently support Polybase, though it is supported in the on-premise version

More detailed functionality on the SQL 2020 Microsoft Release Date and SQL 2020 functionality will be released later in the year.

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