As enterprises of all sizes accelerate their cloud transformation journeys, running Microsoft SQL Server on Amazon Web Services (AWS) has emerged as a strategic choice for mission-critical database workloads, with AWS emerging as a lead cloud provider for SQL Server users. Whether deploying SQL Server on Amazon EC2 instances for maximum control and customization, or leveraging the managed database capabilities of Amazon RDS for SQL Server to reduce administrative overhead, AWS offers flexible options that align with diverse business needs.
Microsoft released SQL Server 2025 for general availability on November 18th 2025, with features and enhancements that improve database backups and availability, optimized database operations and performance, and developer experience.
You can now deploy and run SQL Server 2025 on AWS, leveraging the new features and enhancements of SQL Server 2025, while continuing to take advantage the benefits of AWS such as improved…
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/modernizing-with-aws/whats-new-in-microsoft-sql-server-2025-on-aws/
