Feature of SQL Servers || From First release till Date

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In my Previous blog we have seen overview of SQL Server editions. Now let’s understand features of SQL server from first release till date.
For DBA it is very important to understand features of SQL Server and difference between all versions. This help us to plan DBA activities, mostly for maintenance. also, this is mostly asked question in interview.

Ex: Compressed backup has been introduced in SQL Server 2008. However, backup of TDE enabled database cannot be compressed.
But, in release of SQL Server 2016 and above we can take compressed backup of TDE enabled database.

For better understanding of SQL server features till SQL Server 2017, I would recommend to view one my favourite article here and for SQL Server 2019 features click here.



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