Contest: Guess the SQL Server 2022 Release Date
When will Microsoft officially release SQL Server 2022 for download? The dust is just barely starting to settle on the 2019 box, so it’s time to guess the next one.
- Leave one – and only one – comment here in YYYY/MM/DD format with your release date guess. If you leave multiple comments, only the first/earliest one is going to count.
- “The release date” is the date that Microsoft announces that the final RTM bits will be downloadable to the public from www.Microsoft.com. (Not the date they make the announcement, and we’re only talking the release-to-manufacturing public version, not a preview, CTP, RC, CU, or SP.)
- Closest to win, without going over, wins a Live Class Season Pass and a Recorded Class Season Pass.
- In the event of a tie (multiple people guessing the same date), the earlier comment wins both the live & recorded pass, and subsequent folks only win a Recorded Class Season Pass.
- Only comments more than 48 hours earlier than Microsoft’s public release announcement will count. If Microsoft makes their announcement, and you run over here trying to leave a fast comment with the release date, not gonna take it.
- If Microsoft announces two release dates – like one for Windows, and one for Linux – then we’ll pick a separate winner for each. (But you only get to leave one date in the comments.)
Place your bets!
Update 2022/11/16: Microsoft announced the release today. Nobody guessed that (at least, not following the instructions above), so the closest without going over was Scott Holiday, who guessed 2022/11/15.
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371 Comments.
November 8th 2020
2020/11/23
2020/11/11
2020/11/08
10/10/20
2020/11/09
Never, because they’ll change the naming scheme
2020/11/02
2020/11/02 Not the first one, but this is my best guess
March 3 2021
November 9th, 2020
2020/11/09
2020/07/01
2020/11/04
2021/11/10
SQL Server X is the next one
2020/11/13
2020/11/12
2020/10/28
2020/11/03
2019/11/09
2021/03/11
2019-09-07
Oops I mean 2020/09/07. Sorry, foggy Friday brain
2020/09/15
Why would you not use ISO-8601 date format for guesses? We’re all geeks here.
2020-10-28 is my guess
Maybe he’s testing who can follow directions 🙂 Or maybe it’s not a manual process.
2020/11/12
2019-11-04
11/10/2020
2020/10/14
SQL Server 2021, 2019/04/06
2020/10/21
2020/11/16
SQL 2020 2021/04/01
2020/07/23
YYYY/MM/DD 2020/11/27
2020/11/02
2020/11/04
2020/11/04
2020/10/30
2020/10/10
Sorry that should be 2020/10/20
2020/11/16
2020/8/15
Null
SQL 2021 October 1, 2021
2019/11/20
By which I mean 2020/11/20
2020/02/02
2019/11/27.
2021/02/27
November 24, 2020
November 13, 2020
2020/08/25
2020/11/08
2020/11/16
2029-11-16
2020-11-16 I mean ?
I dunno, that first one was pretty solid.
2020/10/26
2021/11/09
November 10 2020
2019/12/25
2020/12/05
2020/05/05
2020/11/23
22-Nov-2020
2020/11/22
2020-10-29
2020-11-4
November 16, 2020
2020/11/04
2020/06/23
Never, because the next one will be a different version number.
2020/11/03
8th October 2020
2020/10/08
2021/02/15
2020/11/20
2020-12-07
2021-01-01
2020/10/15
2020/01/01
2020/11/04
2021/11/11
2020/11/08
2020-12-07
2020-11-01
2020/11/16
2020/08/16
2020/11/06
11 June 2021
2020/04/20
2020/11/10
2021/05/31
2nd July 2020
2020/12/20
2021/2/28
2020/11/02
2020/02/20
11/10/20.
2020/10/13
Sept 16th 2020
2020/10/26
2019-11-19
2021-04-9
2020/04/27
2020/11/11
2020/10/29
2020/11/02
03/01/2020 (March 3, 2020)
2020/12/14
2020/12/01
2020-11-09
2020/11/27
2020/08/24
2020/12/01
2021/02/19
2020/10/20
2020/10/10
2021/02/26
2020/11/12
2020/11/03
2021-11-18 – (Whatever the next is called)
2020-11-30
2021/11/12
2020/11/06
2020/11/14
2020/12/15
11/10/2020
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2020/11/10
2020/11/23
Probably no 2020 version. It might be SQL Server 2021?
2021/08/04
2021/11/08
2020/11/10
2020/11/30
2020/10/31
November 18, 2020
2020/11/01
2020/12/02
07/10/2020
I would say, if the economic situation is getting better on May 16, 2021 will be the date for the release.
2021/05/16
Based on how this year has gone, would anyone want to market, let alone buy, something with 2020 in the name?
2020/11/07
2020/11/07
2020/11/10
2020/11/05
I feel lucky: Never!
2020/11/05
1st of December, 2020
2020/11/20
2020/12/31, at the end 2019 I asked to Bob Ward when SQL Server 2019 was going to be lanched by 2019/12/31?
I did now find the post to paste it here.
11/03/2021
2020/11/07
Hi
2020/11/20
2020-11-09
07 December 2020
06 December 2020
2020/12/06
2020/12/7
2021/04/17
2020-12-15
2021-01-02
2022-01-10
It won’t fit in a smalldatetime…
Date of release: 01.06.2021
01.06.2021 – dd.MM.yyyy
2020/12/12
2021/06/01
what makes you think there will be sql 2020?
May 1 2021 – seems fitting:)
Hah! I was just talking to a colleague about how I expected there to be a SQL Server 2021 later this year. He seemed surprised so I came here looking for the original post to show him you guys were expecting a 2020 version. I see it has inconspicuously been updated to ask for 2021 predictions, so here’s mine: Nov 12th, 2021.
Shame on me for not following the instructions. But just in case my first comment doesn’t count, 2021/12/11.
I should just quit while I’m behind…
20211102
20210922 – that will be the date
2021/04/01
2021/07/01
2021/10/19
2021/10/30
2021/06/07
SQL 2021 – 11-11-2021
2021-07-13
2022/02/16
2021/03/03
2021/06/06
2021/11/10
2021/11/09
2021/11/01
04/09/2021
2021/09/04 apologies
2021-11-27
2021/10/11
2021/09/16
2021/03/02
2021/08/20
2021/11/08
2021/11/10
20210917
2021/12/07
2021/12/01
It’s tough for people to answer in the correct format YYYY/MM/DD
2021/11/1
March 3 2021
2021/04/19
2022/02/02
2021/05/05
2021/11/08
2021/04/07
2021/12/20
2021/11/16
2021/02/01
2021/11/08
2021/06/01
2021/10/23
20210703
20220401… There’s normally a years worth of previews… The world has become to odd and Microsoft will move back to even numbers..
2021/10/22
2022/01/3
2021/10/21
2021/09/11
2021/11/01
2021/11/15
27/09/2021
March 2 2021
10/1/2021
2021/3/9
2021/06/01
2nd May 2022
2021/11/05
2021/11/04
2021/10/25
2021/12/17
2021/09/04
2021/09/01
2021/10/01
2021/07/07
2021/10/10
2021/10/12
2021/09/23
2021/09/24
2021/04/19
2021/10/04
May 24, 2021
2021/05/24
2021/11/18
2022/06/01
2021/12/03
2021/07/14
2021/08/01
04/01/2022
2021-11-09
2021/12/05
2021/12/06
2021/09/07
2021/10/04
2021/06/01
2021/09/21
2021/09/15
2021/10/14
2021/11/02
2021/11/23
2021/10/22
2021/11/01
20-August-2021
2021/11/08
2021/06/02
2021/09/23
2021/11/1
2022/02/28
2021/10/20
2021/09/05
2021/11/20
2021/11/07
2021/10/04
2021/09/23
29th October 2021
09/28/2021
2021/11/04
2022/02/02
2021/11/03 – SQL 2021
09/27/2021
11/17/2021
2021/08/21
11/11/2022
@brent, Rebecca deserves a cookie for the first person to guess the second half of 2022..
Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.
2022-06-21
March 2nd, 2021
2021/10/12
2022/05/01
2021/11/17
2021/12/07
2021-12-08
SQL Server 2022
2022/04/05
Anyone running predictive analysis on this? My guess is 01\05\2022 🙂
2021/12/06
There won’t be a 2021 version at all.
Does it count if we guessed the closest and the name for the next release is not called by the year 2021?
Great question! Yes, absolutely, I’ll award the prize no matter what they name it.
2022/07/04
2021/11/01
November 30, 2021
Nov 23, 2022
When is the next MS event for Server software?
my vote is we won’t see a ‘2021’ sql server, it’ll be a ’22’ or some other identifie.
2020/10/22
(checks today’s date) interesting choice
2021/11/11
21/21/21… oh wait!
02/14/2022
2022/03/15
The thing is, I don’t believe there will be a “2021” version,,, I think the next release will be named 2022.
This post first started out as “Guess the SQL Server 2020 Release Date”, hahaha.
Heh… Coffee… must have c-o-f-f-e-e. 😀 I didn’t add “for those that think it’s coming out in 2021”.
2021/10/15
2021/11/13
42
2021/10/16
2012/11/11
2021/11/11 *
2022/03/21
2021/10/18 release date
2022/05/02 RTM. (May 2)
2022/02/22
December 1, 2021
2022-10-03
2300/25/40
2022-09-19
02 November 2021.
It will be SQL Server 2022 and will be RTM on 3/14/2022.
7th Feb 2022
Guessing it will be announced at the Dec 2021 conference, with a release date of 1 March 2022
2022/01/20
2021/11/22
11/08/2021 of course!
2022/03/14
22 June 2022
2022/08/15
8th February 2022
2022/11/07
2021/05/11
2022/05/11
4/15/2022
2022/07/07
2022/09/21
2022-04-30
12 July 2022
2022/11/05
2022/05/25
2022-08-07
2022/11/15
2022/10/22
2022/06/28
2022/11/14
2022/04/26
2022/12/13
November 08, 2022
2022/06/28
2022/11/04
2022/05/02
2022/06/30
2023/01/20
2022/11/02
2022/11/10. Count on it!
2022/10/12
2022/11/22