ApsaraDB RDS for SQL Server is developed based on Microsoft SQL Server. The minor engine versions of ApsaraDB RDS for SQL Server are the same as the minor versions of Microsoft SQL Server. This topic provides links to the Microsoft documentation that describes these minor SQL Server versions.
If you want to use the new features that are provided by a new minor engine version, you can update the minor engine version of your ApsaraDB RDS for SQL Server instance. For more information, see the following topics:
RDS instances that run SQL Server 2022
Minor engine version | Release date | Link to Microsoft documentation |
16.0.4025.1 | 2023-05-11 | |
16.0.4003.1 | 2023-05-11 |
RDS instances that run SQL Server 2019
Minor engine version | Release date | Link to Microsoft documentation |
15.0.4312.2 | 2023-05-16 | |
15.0.4198.2 | 2022-05-16 | |
15.0.4138.2 | 2021-12-17 | |
15.0.4073.23 | 2021-04-25 |
If you use an earlier Cumulative Update (CU) version of SQL Server 2019 to create a backup file that is compressed by using Transparent Data Encryption (TDE), the backup file can be used to restore data on SQL Server 2019 CU16 or later. If you use SQL Server 2019 CU16 or a later minor version to create a TDE-compressed backup file, the backup file cannot be used to restore data on SQL Server 2019 CU15 or earlier because the backup file format changes and is incompatible with earlier SQL Server versions. For more information, see official Microsoft documentation.
RDS instances that run SQL Server 2017
Minor engine version | Release date | Link to Microsoft documentation |
14.0.3460.9 | 2023-05-16 | |
14.0.3436.1 | 2022-05-16 | |
14.0.3421.10 | 2021-12-17 | |
14.0.3381.3 | 2021-04-29 |
RDS instances that run SQL Server 2016
Minor engine version | Release date | Link to Microsoft documentation |
13.0.6430.49 | 2023-05-18 | Description of the security update for SQL Server 2016 SP3 GDR |
13.0.6404.1 | 2022-05-16 | |
13.0.5888.11 | 2021-04-29 |
RDS instances that run SQL Server 2012
Minor engine version | Release date | Link to Microsoft documentation |
11.0.7507.2 | 2021-05-28 | Description of the security update for SQL Server 2012 SP4 GDR |
Serverless ApsaraDB RDS for SQL Server instances
Database engine version | Minor engine version | Release date | Link to Microsoft documentation |
SQL Server 2019 | 15.0.4178.1 | 2021-10-05 | |
SQL Server 2017 | 14.0.3381.3 | 2021-04-29 | |
SQL Server 2016 | 13.0.5888.11 | 2021-04-29 |