Cumulative Update #2 for SQL Server 2022 RTM
The 2nd 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 …
Announcing Polyglot Notebooks! Multi-language notebooks in Visual Studio Code
We are excited to announce that Polyglot Notebooks, Visual Studio Code’s multi-language notebook extension, is now generally available in the VS Code Marketplace! Please note: While the Polyglot Notebooks extension in Visual Studio Code is now generall …
Announcing Data API builder for Azure Cosmos DB
We are super excited to announce the public preview of Data API builder. A new feature that allows customers to instantly and securely build a GraphQL API for Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL and Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL. A quick look at Data API Buil …
Data API builder for Azure SQL Databases – Public Preview
I am extremely happy and excited to announce the public preview of Data API builder for Azure SQL Databases. Data API builder is a new product that we are adding to the developer’s toolset to help every developer to be more efficient and effective, by …
EF Core 8 Preview 2: Lite and familiar
The second preview of Entity Framework Core (EF Core) 8 is available on NuGet today! Basic information EF Core 8, or just EF8, is the successor to EF Core 7, and is scheduled for release in November 2023, at the same time as .NET 8. EF8 previews curren …
[Cross post] Top 25 most common SQL Server Engine Errors (MSSQLSERVER_XXXX)
Please take a look at the following blog post by @Joseph Pilov (and team) to get detailed explanations, causes, and user actions for the top 25 most common SQL Server Engine errors! https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/sql-serv …
SQL Server 2022: Intel® QuickAssist Technology overview
Part of the SQL Server 2022 blog series. In SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition, backup compression was introduced addingWITH COMPRESSION as an option in the T-SQL backup command. SQL Server backup compression provides the compressed backup option …
Microsoft Drivers 5.11 for PHP for SQL Server Released
We have released Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server, version 5.11.0. This production release of the SQLSRV and PDO_SQLSRV drivers has been built with PHP 8.0, 8.1, and 8.2 and tested on all supported platforms. Notable items about this rel …
Getting Started with Azure SQL Bindings: Part 1
Expanding on the excellent post by Drew Skwiers-Koballa; Developing with Azure SQL bindings and Azure SQL trigger for Azure Functions, I’d like to take a chance to walk you through creating your first SQL Binding using a completely local development en …
Top 25 SQL Server Engine Errors Based on support case volumes Documented
About 6 months ago we decided to look at what SQL Server engine error messages are most commonly generating support cases to Microsoft. The end goal was to update the documentation for those error messages to allow our customers to find answers for the …
[Data Virtualization] May need to update Java (JRE7 only uses TLS 1.0)
At end of October 2022 we saw an issue where a customer using PolyBase external query to Azure Storage started seeing queries fail with the following error: Msg 7320, Level 16, State 110, Line 2 Cannot execute the query « Remote Query » against OL …
EF Core 8 Preview 1: Raw, lazy, and on-time
The first preview of Entity Framework Core (EF Core) 8 is available on NuGet today! Basic information EF Core 8, or just EF8, is the successor to EF Core 7, and is scheduled for release in November 2023, at the same time as .NET 8. EF8 currently target …
Cumulative Update #1 for SQL Server 2022 RTM
The 1st 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 …
Cumulative Update #19 for SQL Server 2019 RTM
The 19th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2019 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 this release or servicing …
Security Update for SQL Server 2022 RTM GDR
The Security Update for SQL Server 2022 RTM GDR is now available for download at the Microsoft Download Center and Microsoft Update Catalog sites. This package includes the new security fixes detailed in the KB Article. Security Bulletins: …