Azure Data Studio August Release
SQL Server 2022, the most Azure-enabled release of SQL Server yet was announced in May and is publicly available in preview. SQL Server 2022 (preview)
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Provision Premium SSD v2 Storage for Microsoft SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines in the Microsoft Azure portal
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 improves performance, reliability, and scalability of your SQL Server workloads while offering robust resource capacity, as you can create a single disk with up
Register today—Free Azure Data training at Data Platform Summit 2022
Data Platform Virtual Summit 2022 (DPS 2022), a free global learning event for data professionals, is just a few weeks away running from September 19–23.
Query Store is enabled by default in SQL Server 2022
In SQL Server 2022, Query Store is now enabled by default for all newly created SQL Server databases to help customers better track performance history,
Microsoft Purview access policies for SQL Server 2022
Part of the SQL Server 2022 blog series. Overview Microsoft Purview is a family of data governance, risk, and compliance solutions that help organizations: Gain
Establish digital trust in your data with ledger in SQL Server 2022
We are pleased to introduce you to ledger, a new technology that uses the power of blockchain to offer a tamper-proof record of data modifications.
Azure Active Directory authentication for SQL Server 2022
Part of the SQL Server 2022 blog series. Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) authentication is now supported for SQL Server 2022 preview on-premises for Windows
Azure Data Studio July Release with VS Code Updates
Hello, community! As you may already know, Azure Data Studio (ADS) is and has always been focused on building out its own ecosystem of extensions
Improve scalability with system page latch concurrency enhancements in SQL Server 2022
Over the past several SQL Server releases, Microsoft has improved the concurrency and performance of the tempdb database. In SQL Server 2022 we are addressing
SQL Server 2012 reaches end of support and Microsoft is here to help
Today, July 12, 2022, marks the end of support for SQL Server 2012. This version has had an amazing 10-year run and we want to
Improve scalability with Buffer Pool Parallel Scan in SQL Server 2022
Buffer Pool Parallel Scan is a new feature in SQL Server 2022 that improves the scalability of several common scenarios in SQL Server and as
Introducing the SQL Server 2022 blog series
Introducing a new blog post series to highlight new features and enhancements available with SQL Server 2022. SQL Server 2022, now in public preview, is
What’s new with SQL Tools
Hello community, the June release of Azure Data Studio 1.37 is here! We are also excited to announce the release of SQL Server Management Studio
Recapping recent updates to client tools in SQL Server
Hello from the SQL Experiences team! As a follow-up to Microsoft Build at the end of May, we thought it was a good time to
Announcing SQL Server 2022 public preview: Azure-enabled with continued performance and security innovation
Part of the SQL Server 2022 blog series. Today, we are excited to announce the public preview of SQL Server 2022. Anyone can now download SQL
Amplify your database development experience with Azure Data Studio
It is that time again! We are excited to bring new and exciting updates to Azure Data Studio. These updates include the general availability of