Provision Premium SSD v2 Storage for Microsoft SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines in the Microsoft Azure portal
Guidance on choosing SQL Server storage options in Azure We’re excited to announce the public preview of the Premium SSD v2 provisioning experience for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) deployed in the Azure portal. Premium SSD v2 storage impr …
Announcing the discontinuation of using DBCC CLONEDATABASE command in production deployments
DBCC CLONEDATABASE command generates a schema-only copy of a database. Effective March 1, 2025, Microsoft will discontinue support for the use of the DBCC CLONEDATABASE command as a tool to copy database to production environment. The command is intend …
Expand the limits of innovation with Azure data
Over the past year, we have had a first-row seat to just how fast the introduction of new technologies can change businesses across nearly every industry. The adoption of generative AI goes beyond a platform shift, it is transforming how we do everythi …
Enabling Azure Key Vault for SQL Server on Linux
Enhancing Security with EKM using Azure Key Vault in SQL Server on Linux: We’re excited to announce that Extensible Key Management (EKM) using Azure Key Vault in SQL Server on Linux is now generally available from SQL Server 2022 CU12 onwards, w …
Upcoming changes for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) – Part 3
Hey all! This is the final post in a series of three covering SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), and we are happy to announce that SSMS 20 is now Generally Available (GA)! SSMS 20 GA There are two preview posts that we recom …
Networking errors when enabling SQL Server by Azure Arc
When onboarding your SQL Server instance to Azure Arc, there are some networking prerequisites that need to be met. The prerequisites are documented here in detail Prerequisites – SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc | Microsoft Learn Some commo …
Cumulative Update #12 for SQL Server 2022 RTM
The 12th 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 m …
Upcoming changes for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) – Part 2
The second post in our series about SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) coincides with the SSMS 20 Preview 1 release – now available! However, before you download and install the Preview release to check out the updated SSMS 20 connection dialog, …
Azure Data Studio 1.48 is now available
Azure Data Studio is a cross-platform database tool for data professionals using the Microsoft family of on-premises and cloud data platforms on Windows, MacOS, and Linux. The February release of Azure Data Studio (version 1.48) includes several …
SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) Change Data Capture Attunity feature deprecations
In December 2025, Microsoft will discontinue support for the Change Data Capture (CDC) components by Attunity and Change Data Capture (CDC) service for Oracle by Attunity of SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS). This blog provides details to help sup …
SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc, now assists in selecting the best Azure SQL target
Cloud migration is the process of moving workloads from on-premises or legacy systems to the cloud. It can be a complex and lengthy process, depending on the size and scope of the project. Cloud migration typically involves four steps: discovery, asses …
Released: SQL Server 3rd Party Backend for Django v1.4
We have released version 1.4 of the SQL Server 3rd Party Backend for Django. This release contains support for the release of Django 5.0 as well as a number of issue fixes. Our plan is to support major releases of Django and SQL Server, to ensur …
Microsoft Drivers 5.12 for PHP for SQL Server Released
We have released Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server, version 5.12.0. This production release of the SQLSRV and PDO_SQLSRV drivers has been built with PHP 8.1, 8.2, and 8.3 and tested on all supported platforms. Notable items about this rel …
JDBC Driver 12.6 for SQL Server Released
Version 12.6 of the Microsoft JDBC Driver for SQL Server has been released. Version 12.6.0 brings several added features, changes, and fixed issues over the previous production release. Added Added connection property, useDefaultJaasConfig, …
Upcoming changes for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) – Part 1
Welcome to the first of three blog posts about the next releases of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), and the roadmap for 2024! This first post is high-level and appropriate for anyone who uses SSMS. We would like to start by sharing in …