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IBM Data Platform Ideas Portal for Customers


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Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

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IBM Employees should enter Ideas at https://ideas.ibm.com



Status Planned for future release
Workspace Cognos Analytics
Components Other
Created by Guest
Created on Sep 4, 2025

Missing support for Microsoft SQL server 2025

When will SQL Server 2025 be supported as Content Server or Data Source?

As of today SQL server 2022 is most recent listed in clarity reports.

Customers upgrading to most recent Windows environments are asking for SQL 2025 support.

Needed By Quarter
  • Guest
    Oct 1, 2025

    As of October 1st 2025, SQL Server 2025 is still in preview mode (not released). I believe IBM is not going to support an unreleased database (as in still in preview/beta mode).

  • Guest
    Sep 18, 2025

    Thank you for submitting this enhancement request. We appreciate your feedback.

    I will review this request as part of our next release and provide an update soon.