Azure Data Studio 1.46 and New Features
We’re rolling towards conference season and the Azure Data Studio engineers have been working hard on two things: […]
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Azure SQL Edge Update – September 2023
Today, I am providing an update on the supported configurations of Azure SQL Edge, the version of SQL […]
Cumulative Update #8 for SQL Server 2022 RTM
The 8th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2022 RTM is now available for download at the Microsoft […]
Hotfix: JDBC Driver 12.4.1 for SQL Server Released
We recently released an update to Microsoft JDBC Driver for SQL Server, version 12.4.1. The update addresses a few […]
Announcing General Availability of Azure Portal Experience to Deploy Multi-Subnet ...
This past November we announced the public preview of the Azure portal experience to deploy a multi-subnet Availability […]
Released : Public Preview of Azure Update Manager Integration with ...
We are excited to announce the integration of Azure Update Manager with SQL Server on Linux Azure Virtual […]
Announcing public preview of enhanced patching for SQL Server on ...
Today, we are pleased to announce the ability to patch your SQL Server on Azure VMs registered with […]
Delegating permission management using Roles vs WITH GRANT OPTION
The article is published here on the Azure SQL Blog: Delegating permission management using Roles vs WITH GRANT […]
Cumulative Update #22 for SQL Server 2019 RTM
The 22nd cumulative update release for SQL Server 2019 RTM is now available for download at the Microsoft […]
SQL Server 2022 now available for both RHEL 9 and ...
We are glad to announce that SQL Server 2022 is now available in preview mode for both Red […]
Cumulative Update #7 for SQL Server 2022 RTM
The 7th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2022 RTM is now available for download at the Microsoft […]
I/O optimizations for tempdb in SQL Server and Azure SQL
I have found almost every day of my career at Microsoft, I learn something new about Microsoft SQL. […]
Azure Data Studio 1.45 Release and Hotfix
We released Azure Data Studio 1.45 over a week ago, and today we’re announcing a hotfix for it, […]
ODBC Driver 18.3 for SQL Server Released
Version 18.3 of the Microsoft ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server has been released. Version 18.3 brings some improvements […]
JDBC Driver 12.4 for SQL Server Released
Version 12.4 of the Microsoft JDBC Driver for SQL Server has been released. Version 12.4.0 brings several added […]
Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 5.2 Preview 3
Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 5.2 Preview 3 has been released. This release contains improvements and updates to the Microsoft.Data.SqlClient data provider […]
Cumulative Update #6 for SQL Server 2022 RTM
The 6th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2022 RTM is now available for download at the Microsoft […]
Released: SCOM Management Packs for SQL Server, RS, AS (7.2.0.0)
Updates to SQL Server, SQL Server Dashboards, Reporting Services, and Analysis Services Management Packs are available (7.2.0.0). You […]
Use sqlcmd to create and query a SQL Server container ...
In the past, you may have downloaded and installed SQL Server Developer Edition on your computer to test […]
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 19.1 and Recent Changes, Part ...
This is the final post in a series covering changes in SSMS 19. Please review Part 1 and […]
Cumulative Update #5 for SQL Server 2022 RTM
The 5th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2022 RTM is now available for download at the Microsoft […]
Cumulative Update #21 for SQL Server 2019 RTM
The 21st cumulative update release for SQL Server 2019 RTM is now available for download at the Microsoft […]
Update: Hotfixes released for ODBC and OLE DB drivers for ...
We’ve released hotfix packages for the following drivers to address important security issues: Microsoft ODBC Driver 17.10.4 […]
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 19.1 and Recent Changes, Part ...
This is the second post in a series discussing changes between SSMS 18.12.1 and SSMS 19, and new […]
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 […]
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 19.1 and Recent Changes, Part ...
Toward the end of May the SQL Tools team released SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 19.1, which had […]
Early technical preview of JDBC Driver 12.3.1 for SQL Server ...
We have released a new early technical preview of the JDBC Driver for SQL Server which contains several […]
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 […]
Parameter Sensitive Plan Optimization, Why?
One question that we hear quite often is why we chose to capitalize the first three letters when […]
Private preview announcement of native JSON type & JSON aggregates ...
Please head over to https://aka.ms/json-preview to learn more about the private preview of native JSON type and JSON […]
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 […]
Released: Latest Azure VM Marketplace images for SQL Server 2022, ...
Azure Marketplace is an online store that contains thousands of software applications and services built by industry-leading technology companies. […]
SLES 15 SP4 is now supported for SQL Server 2022 ...
We are pleased to announce the support for SQL Server 2022 on SUSE Enterprise Linux v15 SP4. This […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Early technical preview of JDBC Driver 12.3.0 for SQL Server ...
We have released a new early technical preview of the JDBC Driver for SQL Server which contains several […]
Upgrade SQL Server container with Always On availability groups configured ...
This is a follow-up to my previous blog post I published a while ago titled « Updating SQL Server […]
Cumulative Update #20 for SQL Server 2019 RTM
The 20th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2019 RTM is now available for download at the Microsoft […]
Cumulative Update #3 for SQL Server 2022 RTM
The 3rd cumulative update release for SQL Server 2022 RTM is now available for download at the Microsoft […]
Announcing Azure Data Studio 1.43
Our regular users may have noticed we typically release Azure Data Studio every other month. As such, this […]
Announcement: New Features and changes to SQL IaaS Agent Extension
SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines is powered by the SQL IaaS Agent extension which provides many features […]
Happy April Tools Day!
While many folks observe April 1 as April Fool’s Day, we in the SQL Tools team celebrate April […]
Updating SQL Server containers deployed on Kubernetes!
I’m sure you’ve thought about how to update SQL Server containers running on a Kubernetes cluster at some […]
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 […]
[Cross post] Top 25 most common SQL Server Engine Errors ...
Please take a look at the following blog post by @Joseph Pilov (and team) to get detailed explanations, causes, and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]