What is the currently used SQL version for Azure SQL Databases?

Question

I am building Azure SQL Databases and am wondering what is the "current stable version" of SQL being used?

Answer 1

Hi @Terry Friend , welcome to Microsoft Q&A.

As correctly mentioned by @ErikEJ , Azure SQL Databases always run on latest stable version of the SQL Server database engine.(Refer to link for more details).

You can run below queries to check the same after creating the database:

select @@version as version;  

select serverproperty('ProductVersion') as [version],serverproperty('Edition') as [edition];  

SELECT name, compatibility_level FROM sys.databases;  

Please let us know if more details needed.

Answer 2

Azure SQL is "evergreen", and always run the latest version...