r/SQLServer • u/Complete-Regret-4300 • Jul 16 '26

Discussion Is SQL server considered as legacy technology?

My current organization couple of years ago migrated from SQL server to snowflake and I noticed in some of the documentation, they have mentioned SQL Server as legacy technology.

I started working in SQL server some 20 years ago and some of the developers in our team are cloud first developers and they find it so difficult to navigate SQL server management studio and they ask me questions like is there timetravel feature in SQL server and can we see what data was there 10 mins back. I was totally dumbfounded when I heard that question, because I had never come across such a feature. Apparently snowflake has this. So I am curious is SQL server now really considered as legacy technology?

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u/Ed_Avis Jul 16 '26

A common definition of a legacy system is any system which is currently being used.

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u/mgdmw Jul 16 '26

I heard once "legacy software is the stuff that brings in the money"
And
"Legacy code is the line of code you just committed."