Our update pipeline currently uses JSON_MODIFY() to perform partial updates inside JSON documents. SQL Server 2025 is introducing a new modify method that can do the same in a more efficient way (docs).
Note that partial updates aren't yet implemented for complex JSON, only owned (#36429), though this is orthogonal.
/cc @AndriySvyryd
Our update pipeline currently uses JSON_MODIFY() to perform partial updates inside JSON documents. SQL Server 2025 is introducing a new
modifymethod that can do the same in a more efficient way (docs).Note that partial updates aren't yet implemented for complex JSON, only owned (#36429), though this is orthogonal.
/cc @AndriySvyryd