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SQL Server and Windows Server compatibility

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NOTE:

  • Since September 2023, SQL2016 licenses are no longer available through OVHcloud. Customers with an existing SQL2016 license can still reinstall a server, since the templates are still available.
  • SSMS 20.x is installed for all SQL versions.
  • SQL Reporting Services are included for all SQL versions.
  • SQL templates contain an up-to-date install of SQL Server. At first log on, SQL installation and configuration are required via an auto-launched script. The default user is sa.

 

Compatibility matrix

 SQL2016 (web/std)SQL2016 (web/std)SQL2019SQL2022 (web/std/ent)
Windows Server 2016 (Standard)✅*✅✅(web/std)❌
Windows Server 2019 (Standard)✅*✅✅(web/std/ent)✅
Windows Server 2022 (Standard)❌❌✅ (web/std/ent)✅
Windows Server 2025 (Standard)❌❌❌✅

Legend:

* = The license cannot be ordered anymore, but the template is still available

✅ = There is a dedicated template available for this Windows/SQL combination

❌ = There is no dedicated template available for this Windows/SQL combination

web = SQL Server Web edition

std = SQL Server Standard edition

ent = SQL Server Enterprise edition

 

Available templates

By SQL Server
By Windows Server

SQL 2016:

  • Windows Server 2016 Standard w/ SQL Server 2016 Web - win2016-std-sql2016web
  • Windows Server 2016 Standard w/ SQL Server 2016 Standard - win2016-std-sql2016std
  • Windows Server 2019 Standard w/ SQL Server 2016 Web - win2019-std-sql2016web
  • Windows Server 2019 Standard w/ SQL Server 2016 Standard - win2019-std-sql2016std

 

SQL 2017:

  • Windows Server 2016 Standard w/ SQL Server 2017 Web - win2016-std-sql2017web
  • Windows Server 2016 Standard w/ SQL Server 2017 Standard - win2016-std-sql2017std
  • Windows Server 2019 Standard w/ SQL Server 2017 Web - win2019-std-sql2017web
  • Windows Server 2019 Standard w/ SQL Server 2017 Standard - win2019-std-sql2017std

 

SQL 2019:

  • Windows Server 2016 Standard w/ SQL Server 2019 Web - win2016-std-sql2019web
  • Windows Server 2016 Standard w/ SQL Server 2019 Standard - win2016-std-sql2019std
  • Windows Server 2016 Standard w/ SQL Server 2019 Enterprise - win2016-std-sql2019ent
  • Windows Server 2019 Standard w/ SQL Server 2019 Web - win2019-std-sql2019web
  • Windows Server 2019 Standard w/ SQL Server 2019 Standard - win2019-std-sql2019std
  • Windows Server 2019 Standard w/ SQL Server 2019 Enterprise - win2019-std-sql2019ent
  • Windows Server 2022 Standard w/ SQL Server 2019 Web- win2022-std-sql2019web
  • Windows Server 2022 Standard w/ SQL Server 2019 Standard - win2022-std-sql2019std
  • Windows Server 2022 Standard w/ SQL Server 2019 Enterprise - win2022-std-sql2019ent

 

SQL 2022:

  • Windows Server 2019 Standard w/ SQL Server 2022 Web - win2019-std-sql2022web
  • Windows Server 2019 Standard w/ SQL Server 2022 Standard - win2019-std-sql2022std
  • Windows Server 2019 Standard w/ SQL Server 2022 Enterprise - win2019-std-sql2022ent
  • Windows Server 2022 Standard w/ SQL Server 2022 Web- win2022-std-sql2022web
  • Windows Server 2022 Standard w/ SQL Server 2022 Standard - win2022-std-sql2022std
  • Windows Server 2022 Standard w/ SQL Server 2022 Enterprise - win2022-std-sql2022ent
  • Windows Server 2025 Standard w/ SQL Server 2022 Web- win2022-std-sql2022web
  • Windows Server 2025 Standard w/ SQL Server 2022 Standard - win2022-std-sql2022std
  • Windows Server 2025 Standard w/ SQL Server 2022 Enterprise - win2022-std-sql2022ent

 

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