Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 5.2 Preview 2
Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 5.2 Preview 2 has been released. This release contains improvements and updates to the Microsoft.Data.SqlClient data provider for SQL Server. Our plan is to provide GA releases twice a year with two or three preview releases in …
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 19.1 and Recent Changes, Part 1
Toward the end of May the SQL Tools team released SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 19.1, which had many bug fixes as well as new functionality and a couple noteworthy changes. In addition, as users have been upgrading to SSMS 19.x, we’ve heard …
Early technical preview of JDBC Driver 12.3.1 for SQL Server released
We have released a new early technical preview of the JDBC Driver for SQL Server which contains several additions and changes. Precompiled binaries are available on GitHub and also on Maven Central. Below is a summary of th …
Released: SQL Server 3rd Party Backend for Django v1.3
We have released version 1.3 of the SQL Server 3rd Party Backend for Django. This release contains support for the release of Django 4.12 as well as a number of issue fixes. Our plan is to support major releases of Django and SQL Server, to ensu …
Parameter Sensitive Plan Optimization, Why?
One question that we hear quite often is why we chose to capitalize the first three letters when abbreviating this feature sometimes, and at other times, we chose not to. For example, why only abbreviate it like PSP optimization, and not just PSPO? …
Private preview announcement of native JSON type & JSON aggregates in Azure SQL Database
Please head over to https://aka.ms/json-preview to learn more about the private preview of native JSON type and JSON aggregates – JSON_OBJECTAGG & JSON_ARRAYAGG in Azure SQL Database.
Announcing Azure Data Studio 1.44
It seems like just last week we were just releasing Azure Data Studio 1.43 (oh wait, that was last month) and here we are announcing Azure Data Studio 1.44! This release comes in the midst of Microsoft Build, where numerous Copilot-adjacent anno …
Released: Latest Azure VM Marketplace images for SQL Server 2022, 2019 on Linux
Azure Marketplace is an online store that contains thousands of software applications and services built by industry-leading technology companies. In Azure Marketplace you can find, try, buy, and deploy the software and services you need to build new s …
SLES 15 SP4 is now supported for SQL Server 2022 starting Cumulative Update 4
We are pleased to announce the support for SQL Server 2022 on SUSE Enterprise Linux v15 SP4. This support comes into effect starting Cumulative Update 4 of SQL Server 2022. To know more about SQL Server CU4, refer to SQL Server 2022 Cumulative Upd …
SQL Server Agent fails to start on Windows Server 2022 due to Application event log policy setting
Problem A customer recently reported that they tried to build a SQL Server running on Windows Server 2022 but found that the SQL Server Agent failed to start. Below is the error popup when starting the SQL Server Agent in SQL Server Configuratio …
Cumulative Update #4 for SQL Server 2022 RTM
The 4th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2022 RTM is now available for download at the Microsoft Downloads site. Please note that registration is no longer required to download Cumulative updates. To learn more about the release or servicing mo …
go-sqlcmd v1.0 – Create, Connect to, and Query SQL Server
If you’re reading this, you’ve probably used sqlcmd to connect to a SQL Server or Azure SQL Database and query it. Chances are you’ve also used a modern CLI like Azure az or Kubernetes kubectl to create and manage resources. Our open-source sqlcmd comb …
A Technical Journey into API Design-First: Best Practices and Lessons Learned
A Technical Journey into API Design-First: Best Practices and Lessons Learned Introduction As software engineers, we all know that APIs, or application programming interfaces, are essential building blocks for modern applications. From simple CRUD oper …
Released: Multiple Microsoft.Data.SqlClient Updates
We have released multiple updates to supported versions of Microsoft.Data.SqlClient in the last couple of months. Just because it’s been quiet on here doesn’t mean we haven’t been busy. Quite the opposite, in fact. Here’s a summary of the Microsoft.Dat …
Early technical preview of JDBC Driver 12.3.0 for SQL Server released
We have released a new early technical preview of the JDBC Driver for SQL Server which contains several additions and changes. Precompiled binaries are available on GitHub and also on Maven Central. Below is a summary of th …