It's time for our quarterly update of our SQL ConstantCare® population report, showing how quickly (or slowly) folks adopt new versions of SQL Server. There were only slight 1-2% shifts, nothing big:
SQL Server 2025: 1%
SQL Server 2022: 31%, up 2% from last quarter
SQL Server 2019: 42%, down 1%
SQL Server 2017: 9%, no change
SQL Server 2016: 9%, down 1%
SQL Server 2014 & prior: 6%, no change
Azure SQL DB and Managed Instances: 2%, no change
It's time for our quarterly update of our SQL ConstantCare® population report, showing how quickly (or slowly) folks adopt new versions of SQL Server. In short, people are replacing SQL Server 2016 and 2017 with 2022!
SQL Server 2025: 0% (but it's 10 servers)
SQL Server 2022: 29%, up from 25% last quarter
SQL Server 2019: 43%, no change
SQL Server 2017: 9%, was 10%
SQL Server 2016: 10%, was 13%
SQL Server 2014 & prior: 6%, no change
Azure SQL DB and Managed Instances: 2%, no change
In this quarter's update of our SQL ConstantCare® population report, showing how quickly (or slowly) folks adopt new versions of SQL Server, the data is very similar to last quarter:
SQL Server 2025: exactly 1 server being monitored, heh. God bless y'all for giving it a shot this early.
SQL Server 2022: 25%, up from 24% last quarter
SQL Server 2019: 43%, was 45%
SQL Server 2017: 10%, was 11%
SQL Server 2016: 13%, was 12%
SQL Server 2014: 5%, same as last quarter
SQL Server 2012 & prior: 1%, same
Azure SQL DB and Managed Instances: 2%, same
In this quarter's update of our SQL ConstantCare® population report, showing how quickly (or slowly) folks adopt new versions of SQL Server, the data is very similar to last quarter. SQL Server 2019 still rules the market:
SQL Server 2022: 24%, up from 21% last quarter
SQL Server 2019: 45%, was 44%
SQL Server 2017: 11%, was 12%
SQL Server 2016: 12%, was 15%
SQL Server 2014: 5%, was 4%
SQL Server 2012 & prior: 1%, same
Azure SQL DB and Managed Instances: 2%, same
Every quarter, we publish adoption rate data showing how quickly people are adopting new versions of SQL Server. Today it's time for the winter 2025 version of our SQL ConstantCare® population report.
SQL Server 2022 is finally seeing some good adoption with about 21% of the market. It's gradually taking market share from all other versions, including 2019, but 2019 still dominates with 44% of the market:
Every quarter, we publish adoption rate data showing how quickly people are adopting new versions of SQL Server. Today it's time for the fall 2024 version of our SQL ConstantCare® population report.
SQL Server 2019 is still the king of the hill with almost 3X more market share than any other version!
The short story: SQL Server 2022 finally saw some growth this quarter! Two years after the release, 1 in 10 SQL Servers is finally running the latest version.
The long story: ever wonder how fast people are adopting new versions of SQL Server, or what’s “normal” out there for SQL Server adoption rates? Let’s find out in the summer 2024 version of our SQL ConstantCare® population report.
The short story: SQL Server 2019 appears poised to swallow the SQL Server market altogether, hahaha.
The long story: ever wonder how fast people are adopting new versions of SQL Server, or what’s “normal” out there for SQL Server adoption rates? Let’s find out in the winter 2023 version of our SQL ConstantCare® population report.
The short story for this quarter: SQL Server 2019 is on fire, dominating the market.
For the long story: ever wonder how fast people are adopting new versions of SQL Server, or what's "normal" out there for SQL Server adoption rates? Let's find out in the summer 2023 version of our SQL ConstantCare® population report.
The short story for this quarter: SQL Server 2022 adoption rates have stalled, even backtracked, and it doesn't appear to be due to the cloud, either.
For the long story: ever wonder how fast people are adopting new versions of SQL Server, or what's "normal" out there for SQL Server adoption rates? Let's find out in the summer 2023 version of our SQL ConstantCare® population report.
Ever wonder how fast people are adopting new versions of SQL Server, or what's "normal" out there for SQL Server adoption rates? Let's find out in the spring 2023 version of our SQL ConstantCare® population report.
Out of 3,002 monitored servers, here's the version adoption rate:
Ever wonder how fast people are adopting new versions of SQL Server, or what's "normal" out there for SQL Server adoption rates, hardware sizes, or numbers of databases? Let's find out in the winter 2022 version of our SQL ConstantCare® population report.
Out of 3,679 monitored servers, here's the version adoption rate:
Ever wonder how fast people are adopting new versions of SQL Server, or what's "normal" out there for SQL Server adoption rates, hardware sizes, or numbers of databases? Let's find out in the summer 2022 version of our SQL ConstantCare® population report.
Out of the 3,151 servers sending in data recently, the most popular version of SQL Server is still 2016:
Ever wonder how fast people are adopting new versions of SQL Server, or what's "normal" out there for SQL Server adoption rates, hardware sizes, or numbers of databases? Let's find out in the summer 2021 version of our SQL ConstantCare® population report.
Out of the 3,808 servers sending in data recently, the most popular version of SQL Server is still 2016:
Ever wonder how fast people are adopting new versions of SQL Server, or what's "normal" out there for SQL Server adoption rates, hardware sizes, or numbers of databases? Let's find out in the summer 2020 version of our SQL ConstantCare® population report.
Out of the 3,650 servers sending in data recently, the most popular version of SQL Server is still 2016. The combination of 2014, 2016, and 2017 make up 74% of market share right now:
Ever wonder how fast people are adopting new versions of SQL Server, or what's "normal" out there for SQL Server adoption rates, hardware sizes, or numbers of databases? Let's find out in the summer 2020 version of our SQL ConstantCare® population report.
The most popular version of SQL Server is 2016. The combination of 2014, 2016, and 2017 make up 75% of market share right now:
Ever wonder what's "normal" out there for SQL Server adoption rates, hardware sizes, or numbers of databases? Let's find out in the spring 2020 version of our population report.
Our SQL ConstantCare® service lets users send data in about their SQL Servers and get health & performance advice via email. Users can opt in to share their anonymized data to get better recommendations overall.
Ever wonder what's "normal" out there for SQL Server adoption rates, hardware sizes, or numbers of databases? Let's find out.
Our SQL ConstantCare® service lets users send data in about their SQL Servers and get health & performance advice via email. Users can opt in to share their anonymized data to get better recommendations overall.
Our SQL ConstantCare® service lets users send data in about their SQL Servers and get health & performance advice via email. Users can opt in to share their anonymized data to get better recommendations overall. With 3,568 database servers sharing data as of November 28, there's a lot of useful information in here for the…
