Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM CU18
The Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM CU18 is now available for download at the Microsoft Download Center and Microsoft Update Catalog sites. This package cumulatively includes all previous SQL Server 2019 fixes through CU18, plus it includes the …
Security Update for SQL Server 2017 RTM CU31
The Security Update for SQL Server 2017 RTM CU31 is now available for download at the Microsoft Download Center and Microsoft Update Catalog sites. This package cumulatively includes all previous SQL Server 2017 fixes through CU31, plus it includes the …
OLE DB Driver 19.3 for SQL Server Released
Version 19.3 of the Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server has been released. Version 19.3 adds Windows ARM64 and a couple of bug fixes. Features Support for Windows ARM64 Bug Fixes Fixed a potential crash when invalid metadata is received from …
ODBC Driver 18.2 for SQL Server Released
Version 18.2 of the Microsoft ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server has been released. Version 18.2 brings Windows ARM64 support and several fixes to the driver. Features Support for Windows ARM64 Fixes Fix VBS-NONE enclave attestation protocol Fix …
Easily migrate SQL Server applications to the cloud with Azure
Microsoft Azure knows SQL Server best and will support your cloud migration at no cost for qualifying scenarios.The SQL Server platform has been successfully driving transformative business results with Microsoft customers across industries for over 25 …
Azure Developer CLI (azd) – February 2023 Release
We’re pleased to announce that the February 2023 release (0.6.0-beta.1) of the Azure Developer CLI (azd) is now available. You can learn about how to get started with the Azure Developer CLI by visiting our Dev Hub. This release includes the following …
SQL Server on Azure VMs – the best price-performance gets even better!
I know it’s February, but it’s our first blog post of the year and we’re still feeling festive so Happy New Year from the SQL Server on Azure VM team!!! As we reflect on the past year and look toward what’s to come in 2023, we thought it would be a gre …
JDBC Driver 12.2 for SQL Server Released
Version 12.2 of the Microsoft JDBC Driver for SQL Server has been released. Version 12.2.0 brings several added features, changes, and fixed issues over the previous production release. Added Added connection property datetimeParameterType to sp …
Microsoft Drivers 5.11.0 Beta 1 for PHP for SQL Server Released
We recently released the next beta of the Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server, version 5.11.0-beta1. This beta release has been built with PHP 8.0+ and tested on all supported platforms. Notable items about this release over 5.10.0 include: …
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 19.0 Released!
The long-awaited release of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 19.0 is finally here! This is the recommended release for SQL Server 2022, and it includes support for combability level 160. You can review the entire list of n …
HPE SGLX – The new Azure VM extension for SQL Server on Linux
Overview Mission critical SQL Server instances have the need to utilize high availability and disaster recovery features to ensure business continuity. SQL Server on Linux supports HPE Serviceguard as one of the supported clusterin …
Azure Data Studio 1.41 release
We are less than one month into 2023 and already have a new release of Azure Data Studio to shareintroducing 1.41! With this release, we migrated to a new authentication library, made improvements based on user requests and feedback, and addressed a sl …
Azure Cosmos DB & Power BI Incremental Refresh
Abstract Data Collection has become a daunting task with the ever-growing amount of data. The growth of data makes reporting tasks an operational challenge due to the processing time requirements imposed by technical limitations in many business intel …
CTEs, Views or Temp Tables?
I’ve just finished watching the video from the @GuyInACube about Common Table Expressions and I noticed that in several comments there was the request to explain what is the difference between Common Table Expressions, Views and Temp Tables. This is qu …
Released: General Availability of Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 5.1
We have released for general availability Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 5.1. This .NET Data Provider for SQL Server provides general connectivity to the database and supports all the latest SQL Server features for applications targeting .NET, .NET Framework …