The Distribution Advisor (DA) feature of Azure Synapse SQL analyzes customer queries and recommends the best distribution strategies for tables to improve query performance. Queries to be considered ...

Insert the Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition CD into your computer. Wait for the installation screen to appear on your computer. Click "Install Database Server" at the prompt that appears.

Microsoft has found a new use for natural language processing capabilities in machine learning large language models (LLMs): SQL queries. The company has set up a sandbox for developers and data pros ...

Microsoft Copilot can write basic SQL code for your employees. Read about our tests that prove this is true. ... we may be tasked with writing queries to pull data from our database.

In recent years, Massively Parallel Processors have increasingly been used to manage and query vast amounts of data. Dramatic performance improvements are achieved through distributed execution of ...

Choose a SQL Server trial, edition, tool, or connector that best meets your data and workload needs. Get the full-featured free edition, licensed for use as a development and test database in a ...

For the first time, Microsoft is bringing native vector support to SQL Server. SQL Server 2025 will be an enterprise-ready vector database that can generate and natively store vector embeddings.

At Microsoft Build, SQL Server 2025 enters public preview with major enhancements in AI integration, performance, reliability and developer tools -- reaffirming Microsoft’s continued investment ...