With the official release of Microsoft's latest database offering, let's see what was improved and what still needs some work. Today, at Ignite, Microsoft announced the general availability of SQL ...

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I don’t expect that many developers today fully appreciate the quiet glory that is REST and JSON. But then, most developers today have not been around the software business as long as I have. It’s ...

Microsoft is working to resolve a known issue that causes its Defender for Endpoint enterprise endpoint security platform to incorrectly tag SQL Server software as end-of-life. According to a service ...

SELECT JSON_VALUE([j].[Reference], '$.TestDefaultString') AS [TestDefaultString], JSON_VALUE([j].[Reference], '$.TestMaxLengthString') AS [TestMaxLengthString], CAST ...

We’re excited to announce a new migration capability in Azure Arc to simplify and accelerate SQL Server migration. This new capability, now generally available, is powered by Azure Database Migration ...

At Microsoft Build 2025, we announced the public preview of SQL Server 2025. Built on a foundation of best-in-class security, performance, and availability, SQL Server 2025 empowers customers to ...

A step-by-step guide to deploying, configuring, and testing a multi-AZ, multi-region SQL Server FCI in the Azure cloud, complete with a PowerShell script that handles the networking configuration.

As developers look to harness the power of AI in their applications, one of the most exciting advancements is the ability to enrich existing databases with semantic understanding through vector search ...

EF 9.0 brought experimental support for the Azure SQL JSON data type (#32150, Azure SQL docs), which is still in preview. As the Azure SQL support will go GA soon, we need to bring the feature out of ...

SQL development is evolving fast, and Microsoft.Build.Sql is leading the charge. This next-generation SDK brings flexible project structures, better source control integration, automated build-time ...