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title: "Database Engine: Breaking changes | Microsoft Docs"
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description: "Breaking changes to database engine features in SQL Server 2019"
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# Breaking changes to database engine in [!INCLUDE[sssql19-md](../includes/sssql19-md.md)]
[!INCLUDE[sqlserver2019](../includes/applies-to-version/sqlserver2019.md)]

SQL Server 2019 does not introduce breaking changes.

### See also

- [Deprecated database engine features in SQL Server 2019](../database-engine/deprecated-database-engine-features-in-sql-server-version-15.md)   
- [Discontinued database engine functionality in SQL Server](../database-engine/discontinued-database-engine-functionality-in-sql-server.md)   
- [SQL Server database engine backward compatibility](./discontinued-database-engine-functionality-in-sql-server.md)