Redmondmag.com

From Fabcon to MVP Summit: The Biggest SQL Server and Fabric Updates

Recent SQL Server 2025, Azure SQL, SSMS 22 and Fabric announcements highlight new event streaming and vector search capabilities, plus expanding monitoring and ontology tooling -- with tradeoffs in ...
Forbes

Microsoft Confirms SQL Zero-Day Security Vulnerability—Here’s The Fix

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. The Microsoft Security Response Center has confirmed that a SQL Server elevation of ...
Computer Weekly

Microsoft patches zero-days in .NET and SQL Server

Two zero-day flaws in the form of a denial of service (DoS) issue in .NET and an elevation of privilege (EoP) issue in SQL Server top the agenda for security teams in Microsoft’s latest monthly Patch ...
InfoWorld

The quiet glory of REST and JSON

I don’t expect that many developers today fully appreciate the quiet glory that is REST and JSON. But then, most developers today have not been around the software business as long as I have. It’s ...
GitHub

SQL Server: new JSON_VALUE() RETURNING clause is incompatible with uniqueidentifier, geometry/geography

SELECT JSON_VALUE([j].[Reference], '$.TestDefaultString') AS [TestDefaultString], JSON_VALUE([j].[Reference], '$.TestMaxLengthString') AS [TestMaxLengthString], CAST ...
Microsoft

Accelerate SQL Server Migration to Azure with Azure Arc

We’re excited to announce a new migration capability in Azure Arc to simplify and accelerate SQL Server migration. This new capability, now generally available, is powered by Azure Database Migration ...
InfoWorld

Building a multi-zone and multi-region SQL Server Failover Cluster Instance in Azure

A step-by-step guide to deploying, configuring, and testing a multi-AZ, multi-region SQL Server FCI in the Azure cloud, complete with a PowerShell script that handles the networking configuration.
Visual Studio Magazine

Empowering AI Applications with Vector Search in SQL Server and Azure Cosmos DB

As developers look to harness the power of AI in their applications, one of the most exciting advancements is the ability to enrich existing databases with semantic understanding through vector search ...
GitHub

SQL Server: bring JSON type out of experimental status

EF 9.0 brought experimental support for the Azure SQL JSON data type (#32150, Azure SQL docs), which is still in preview. As the Azure SQL support will go GA soon, we need to bring the feature out of ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Next-gen SQL Projects with Microsoft.Build.Sql

SQL development is evolving fast, and Microsoft.Build.Sql is leading the charge. This next-generation SDK brings flexible project structures, better source control integration, automated build-time ...
IEEE

JSON Processing and Error Correction in SQL Functions

Abstract: This paper introduces a tool designed to enhance query accuracy in relational databases by automatically detecting and correcting typographical errors in Structured Query Language (SQL) ...