Before diving into the specifics, it is necessary to decode the hierarchy of SQL Server versioning:
The 14.0.1000.169 build brought several transformative features to the SQL Server ecosystem: sql server 14.0.1000.169
| Attribute | Value | |-----------|-------| | | Microsoft SQL Server 2017 | | Edition possible | Express, Standard, Enterprise, Developer | | Major feature | Linux support, Python ML, Graph DB, Adaptive QP | | Build age | Early RTM (circa late 2017) | | Recommendation | Update to at least CU31 ( 14.0.3456.2 ) | Before diving into the specifics, it is necessary
