---
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](../includes/applies-to-version/sqlserver2019.md)]

This article describes limitations and known issues for the [!INCLUDE [SQL Server 2019](../includes/sssql19-md.md)]. For related information, see:

> [What's New in [!INCLUDE [SQL Server 2019](../includes/sssql19-md.md)]](../sql-server/what-s-new-in-sql-server-ver15.md)

## SQL Server 2019 (15.x)

[!INCLUDE [SQL Server 2019](../includes/sssql19-md.md)] is the latest public release of [!INCLUDE [SQL Server 2019](../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)].

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

## Documentation

- **Issue and customer impact**: [!INCLUDE [ssNoVersion](../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] 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](../includes/sql-server-servicing-updates-version-15.md)]

## 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](../includes/sssql19-md.md)] 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.
  1. [!INCLUDE [SQL Server 2019](../includes/sssql19-md.md)] 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.
  1. Install the latest version of [SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)](/ssms/install/install).
  1. Install [!INCLUDE [SQL Server 2019](../includes/sssql19-md.md)] normally.

- **Applies to**: [!INCLUDE [SQL Server 2019](../includes/sssql19-md.md)]

### 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](../relational-databases/in-memory-oltp/introduction-to-memory-optimized-tables.md)
  - [Always Encrypted with secure enclaves](../relational-databases/security/encryption/always-encrypted-enclaves.md) (When not using Secure Enclaves, [Always Encrypted](../relational-databases/security/encryption/always-encrypted-database-engine.md) can use UTF-8)

  > [!WARNING]  
  > Creating a [bacpac](../relational-databases/data-tier-applications/data-tier-applications.md#bacpac) of a database containing table columns defined as [char and varchar](../t-sql/data-types/char-and-varchar-transact-sql.md) that use more than 4000 bytes will fail.

  > [!NOTE]  
  > There's currently no UI support to choose UTF-8 enabled collations in Visual Studio Code or SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT). The latest [!INCLUDE [ssManStudioFull](../includes/ssmanstudiofull-md.md)] (SSMS) supports choice of UTF-8 enabled collations in the UI.

- **Applies to**: [!INCLUDE [SQL Server 2019](../includes/sssql19-md.md)] 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](../includes/sssql19-md.md)] RTM

## Related content

- [Hardware and software requirements for SQL Server 2019](install/hardware-and-software-requirements-for-installing-sql-server-2019.md)

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