Starting June 11, 2025 (Singapore time), ApsaraDB RDS for SQL Server instances on the Basic Edition with dedicated instance types will support SQL Server 2017 EE, 2019 EE, and 2022 EE.
Release date
June 11, 2025 (Singapore time)
Supported regions
All regions
Supported SQL Server versions and instance types
SQL Server version | Instance edition | Instance family | Instance type | CPU and memory |
SQL Server 2022 EE SQL Server 2019 EE SQL Server 2017 EE | Basic Edition | Dedicated | mssql.x4.medium.e1 | 2 cores, 8 GB |
mssql.x4.large.e1 | 4 cores, 16 GB | |||
mssql.x4.xlarge.e1 | 8 cores, 32 GB | |||
mssql.x4.2xlarge.e1 | 16 cores, 64 GB | |||
mssql.x4.4xlarge.e1 | 32 cores, 128 GB | |||
mssql.x4.8xlarge.e1 | 64 cores, 256 GB | |||
mssql.x8.medium.e1 | 2 cores, 16 GB | |||
mssql.x8.large.e1 | 4 cores, 32 GB | |||
mssql.x8.xlarge.e1 | 8 cores, 64 GB | |||
mssql.x8.2xlarge.e1 | 16 cores, 128 GB | |||
mssql.x8.4xlarge.e1 | 32 cores, 256 GB | |||
mssql.x8.8xlarge.e1 | 64 cores, 512 GB |
Applicable scenarios
This release is suitable for users who need to deploy their business on RDS Basic Edtion instances running SQL Server 2017/2019/2022 EE for simple scenarios such as personal learning, development testing, and small website or application building.
How to purchase
On the RDS buy page, select the required engine version (2017/2019/2022 EE), specify Basic Edition for the instance edition, select a dedicated instance type, and then configure other parameter based on your requirements. Then, complete the payment as as prompted.
For more information about how to configure other parameters during purchase, see Create an ApsaraDB RDS for SQL Server instance.
Upgrade the instance edition
An RDS Basic Edition instance has only one database node and no secondary node for hot backup. If your business requires high availability, we recommend purchasing High-availability Edition or Cluster Edition instances when purchasing. You can also upgrade your instance from Basic Edition to Cluster Edition. RDS instances on Cluster Edition support the read/write splitting feature and offer readable secondary databases. You can add read-only instances for the primary instance to meet your requirements on handling read requests.
References
For information about the feature differences between RDS instances running different SQL Server versions, see Feature differences between versions.
For details about the features supported by RDS instances running each SQL Server versions, see Features.
For more information about instance families, see Instance family.
For information about all available instance types for RDS for SQL Server, see Specifications.