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Joey on SQL Server. Hands-On with Copilot for Azure SQL Database. I've been playing around with the new Microsoft service, currently in preview and it's time to show off what it can do.
Also new in the mssql VS Code tool are what Yu described as the No. 1 and No 2 most-requested features as identified in developer feedback over the past two years: SQL Server Management Studio Object ...
Using a connection to Azure Arc, which is part of the SQL Server 2022 setup process, on-premises users can now also opt for cloud-enabled billing to manage consumption spikes or for ad hoc use cases.
Q&A. Get Started Using .NET Aspire with SQL Server & Azure SQL Database. By David Ramel; 01/23/2025; Microsoft unveiled .NET Aspire at the Build 2024 developer conference, describing it as an ...
If you are running SQL Server in an Azure VM, or are using Azure SQL Managed Instance, you can use the Agent but may have needs that are beyond its scope. Here's an example from one of our clients.
About 5,500 of the SQL Server faithful came out for the PASS Summit 2018 in Seattle last November. As usual, the event had the feel of a great big family reunion. It's always a fun time, with lots of ...
Access from an unusual Azure data center: These alerts fire when a user logs into an Azure SQL resource from a data center other than the usual or the regular data center used to log in. SQL injection ...
Microsoft in the past talked about BizTalk Server and technology codenamed Oslo in the same breath. Oslo has mostly been deconstructed in the past two years, with features dispersed to other ...
The Next Release: Finally, what we were waiting for was the announcement of the next release of SQL Server. Code-named “Denali”, the first CTP will be handed out after tomorrow’s keynote speech.
The SQL Server Stretch Database service on Azure "lets you scale SQL Server with up to 1 petabyte of cloud storage to make warm and cold data available to users at low cost," according to the ...