SSMS 22 Preview debuts soon with new features, while SSMS 21.5 update delivers key fixes and performance improvements.

A quarter of a billion people, located in seven countries around the world, were at risk of identity theft, wire fraud, ...

The Azure SQL team has released version 1.34.0 of the MSSQL extension for Visual Studio Code, a cross‑platform tool for developing against SQL Server, Azure SQL Database and SQL Database in ...

DBeaver also supports SQL Server extensions such as Azure SQL Server, Babelfish via TDS and Google Cloud Platform SQL Server. You must select the appropriate driver in the Connect to a database window ...

Microsoft is throwing more transactional database systems into its Fabric analytics and data lake environment in expectation the proximity will help users that are adding AI to their systems. During ...

The plus point of trigger-based CDC is that it is easy to implement, changes occur faster, detailed logs of all transactions are provided in shadow tables, and direct support is received in the SQL ...

Q&A Get Started Using .NET Aspire with SQL Server & Azure SQL Database By David Ramel 01/23/2025 Microsoft unveiled .NET Aspire at the Build 2024 developer conference, describing it as an opinionated, ...

If SQL Server 2022 was all about making everything "Azure-enabled," SQL Server 2025 reflects Microsoft's obsession with AI. "SQL Server 2025 transforms SQL Server into an enterprise AI-ready database, ...

Microsoft SQL Server 2025, now in preview, is an enterprise AI-ready database from ground to cloud that tackles these challenges by bringing AI to customers’ data. This release continues SQL Server’s ...

In July 2024, SQL Server Stretch Database will be discontinued for SQL Server 2022, 2019, 2017 and 2016. Learn more.

Cloud service providers, including Google Cloud, are in a race to add vector support and other AI-related features as they try to get the first-mover advantage.