In this chapter, you learned how to create and manipulate with graph database objects in SQL Server 2017. You are now familiar with node and edge tables, and the new MATCH clause.

Microsoft's decision to support graph capabilities as an integrated part of SQL Server 2017 is very good, and you can start to consider graphs in your future database solutions. However, the current scope of graph capabilities is not good enough for serious database solutions. Some very important features are missing and workarounds that use recursive queries are not a good starting point for graph adventures.

The main reason for missing features is the missing time between two SQL Server versions, and Microsoft uses this to roll out new technologies in a nice, incremental manner, so we can expect to see significant extensions and improvements in graph capabilities in the next version.

In the last chapter of this book, you will learn how to install and manage SQL Server 2017 on Windows containers and Linux.