Azure SQL

Announcing Microsoft SQL Server 2025 and SSMS 21.

Announcing Microsoft SQL Server 2025 and SSMS 21. Microsoft SQL Server 2025, now in preview, is an enterprise AI-ready database from ground to cloud that tackles these challenges by bringing AI to customers’ data. This release continues SQL Server’s three decades of innovation in performance and security, adding new AI capabilities….


Announcing SQL database in Microsoft Fabric Public Preview

Announcing SQL database in Microsoft Fabric Public Preview Introducing SQL database in Microsoft Fabric, now available in public preview. This new feature allows users to mirror their existing Azure SQL databases directly into Fabric’s OneLake. This integration aims to simplify data management by avoiding complex ETL processes and enabling near-real-time…


Introducing Database Watcher for Azure SQL

Introducing Database Watcher for Azure SQL (Public Preview) Introducing Database Watcher for Azure SQL, Microsoft’s latest public preview monitoring tool that elevates observability for Azure SQL Databases, Elastic Pools, and Managed Instances to new heights. Database Watcher is a powerful managed database monitoring solution designed to enhance the reliability and…


SQL Server and Azure SQL Updates (February 2024)

Upcoming changes for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). This is the first of three blog posts about the next releases of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), and the roadmap for 2024! Learn more: SSMS 20 connection changes (microsoft.com) Get started planning SQL Server 2014 end of support. Did you know that…


Azure Data Engineer

John Deardurff passed the DP-200 and DP-201 exam for the Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer certification.