Today is my last day of work for 2021. I'm off to a family vacation for the rest of the week to enjoy time together and celebrate the New Year. I wanted to take a look back at the year before I leave and give you a few thoughts on various data-related topics.

The big news for those Microsoft data platform people is that SQL Server 2022 is coming. No idea when, and without public CTPs, I think it might be a 2022 H2 release, but Microsoft committed to the naming. There have been a number of talks, at Ignite, the PASS Data Community Summit, and the SQL Server and Azure SQL Conference. I had the chance to talk with Bob Ward and Pedro Lopes, and they are excited and proud of the upcoming release.

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