This product refers to CAL service (Client Access License) to be able to grant users and devices the right to access Microsoft server software installed on a machine. SQL Server 2022 (15.x) builds on previous releases to grow SQL Server as a platform that gives you choices of development languages, data types, on-premises or cloud environments, and operating systems. SQL Server 2022 features: SQL Server Database Engine. SQL Server Database Engine includes the Database Engine, the core service for storing, processing, and securing data, replication, full-text search, tools for managing relational and XML data, in database analytics integration, and PolyBase integration for access to heterogeneous data sources, and Machine Learning Services to run Python and R scripts with relational data. Analysis Services. Analysis Services includes the tools for creating and managing online analytical processing (OLAP) and data mining applications. Reporting Services. Reporting Services includes serve