SQL 2020 will be released in late 2020.
We are still waiting for SQL 2019 to be released but it worth lo0king at some of the key features that Microsoft are likely to include in the SQL 2020 Release date.
The latest incarnation of Microsoft hugely popular BI, database and analytics toolset is likely to further build on the foundations laid in SQL 2018 and offer improved integration with widely used open source Data Science toolsets like R and Python.
We also widely expect the further embedding of more Azure Managed instance functionality and a widening of the Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotics and Predictive analytics capabilities into SQL2020.
It’s also anticipated that Power BI will get a major revamp with probably the introduction of improved data governance and stewardship capabilities to ensure it keeps pace with the competition now that Power PBI versions
SQL 2020
An area that is ripe for exploitation by the main Business Intelligence vendors is Data Quality. This is an area that vendors increasingly provide expensive add on products for but there is a keen desire amongst many organisations for more embedded mainstream offerings in this area.
Wider use of Master Data Management tools and better Dev Ops integration with Azure
Data Quality is one key area that Microsoft have very few offerings to users in compaprisom with widely used Data Quality tools.