sql-server-2019-release-notes.md

title	SQL Server 2019 Release Notes
description	Find information about SQL Server 2019 (15.x) limitations, known issues, help resources, and other release notes.
author	MikeRayMSFT
ms.author	mikeray
ms.date	09/02/2025
ms.service	sql
ms.subservice	release-landing
ms.topic	release-notes
monikerRange	>=sql-server-2016

SQL Server 2019 release notes

[!INCLUDE SQL Server 2019]

This article describes limitations and known issues for the [!INCLUDE SQL Server 2019]. For related information, see:

[What's New in [!INCLUDE SQL Server 2019]](../sql-server/what-s-new-in-sql-server-ver15.md)

SQL Server 2019 (15.x)

[!INCLUDE SQL Server 2019] is the latest public release of [!INCLUDE SQL Server 2019].

Complete details about licensing are in License Terms folder on the installation media.

Documentation

• Issue and customer impact: [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] documentation can be filtered by version. Use the control at the top left of each documentation page to filter for your requirements.

Build number

The RTM build number for SQL Server 2019 is 15.0.2000.5.

[!INCLUDE sql-server-servicing-updates-version-15]

Known Issues

This section identifies known issues you might experience with this product.

SQL Server installation might fail if SSMS 18.x is installed

• Issue and customer impact: [!INCLUDE SQL Server 2019] installation fails when the following installations happen in this order:

  1. SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) version 18.0, 18.1, 18.2, or 18.3 is installed on the server.
  2. [!INCLUDE SQL Server 2019] installation is attempted from removable media. For example, the installation media is a DVD.

• Workaround:

  1. Uninstall any version of SSMS older than SSMS 18.3.1.
  2. Install the latest version of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).
  3. Install [!INCLUDE SQL Server 2019] normally.

• Applies to: [!INCLUDE SQL Server 2019]

UTF-8 collations can't be used with certain features

• Issue and customer impact: UTF-8 enabled collations can't be used with the following features:

  • Introduction to Memory-Optimized Tables
  • Always Encrypted with secure enclaves (When not using Secure Enclaves, Always Encrypted can use UTF-8)

  [!WARNING]
  Creating a bacpac of a database containing table columns defined as char and varchar that use more than 4000 bytes will fail.

  [!NOTE]
  There's currently no UI support to choose UTF-8 enabled collations in Azure Data Studio or SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT). The latest [!INCLUDE ssManStudioFull] (SSMS) version 18 supports choice of UTF-8 enabled collations in the UI.

• Applies to: [!INCLUDE SQL Server 2019] RTM

Master Data Service notification email contains broken link

• Issue and customer impact: The notification email from Master Data Services (MDS) contains a broken link. The link navigates to a page that returns an error like the following message:

  The view 'Index' or its master was not found or no view engine supports the searched locations.

• Workaround: Open the MDS portal and go to the resource manually.

• Applies to: [!INCLUDE SQL Server 2019] RTM

Related content

• Hardware and software requirements for SQL Server 2019

[!INCLUDE get-help-options-msft-only]