Introducing SQL MCP Server - Azure SQL Dev Corner SQL MCP Server gives enterprises a secure, feature-rich way to enable agents to access data. This is accomplished without exposing the schema, risking consistency, or relying on fragile natural…

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Azure SQL Retiring The No Minimum TLS Option As part of the retirement of lower TLS versions 1.0 and 1.1 and the enforcement of 1.2 as the new default minimum TLS version, Azure SQL will be removing the...

#AzureSQL Retiring The No Minimum TLS Option:

TLS 1.2 will become the secure default minimum #TLS version for new #Azure SQL DB and MI configurations
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Introducing Pacemaker HA Agent v2 for SQL Server on Linux (In Preview) | Microsoft Community Hub We are excited to introduce the next generation of High Availability (HA) Agent for SQL Server on Linux: Pacemaker HA Agent v2. This release is a major...

Introducing Pacemaker HA Agent v2 for #SQLServer on #Linux (In Preview)
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The Polyglot tax - Part 3 - Azure SQL Dev Corner Vectors, Analytics, and the End of ETL Part 3 of 4 – The Multimodal Database Series In Part 1: The Polyglot Tax we laid out the fraud detection scenario: a transaction comes in, and before you…

The Polyglot tax - Vectors, Analytics, and the End of #ETL

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Zero Trust for data: Make Microsoft Entra authentication for SQL your policy baseline | Microsoft Community Hub A policy-driven path from enabled to enforced. Why this matters now Security and compliance programs were once built on an assumption that internal networks...

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Advancing agentic AI with Microsoft databases across a unified data estate - Microsoft SQL Server Blog Find out how you can achieve better price performance, elastic scale, and resilience for all workloads with Azure SQL Database Hyperscale.

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Announcing Preview of 160 and 192vCore Premium-series Options for #AzureSQL #Database #Hyperscale techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azuresq...

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DiskANN Vector Index Improvements - Azure SQL Dev Corner DiskANN vector indexes in Azure SQL get major preview upgrades: full DML support, iterative filtering, faster builds, and smarter query optimization.

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MSSQL Extension for VS Code: SQL Notebooks, AI-Powered Schema Design, Data API builder & More - Azure SQL Dev Corner MSSQL extension for VS Code v1.41 adds SQL Notebooks, GitHub Copilot in Schema Designer, and Data API builder. Three features now generally available.

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Versionless keys for Transparent Data Encryption in Azure SQL Database (Generally Available) | Microsoft Community Hub With this release, you no longer need to reference a specific key version stored in Azure Key Vault or Managed HSM when configuring Transparent Data...

Versionless keys for Transparent Data Encryption in #AzureSQL #Database (Generally Available)
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When Statistics Stay Empty Forever: A Hidden Edge Case with Empty Tables Many SQL Server DBAs rely on automated statistics maintenance solutions, but they might be unaware of a corner case that can cause statistics to remain empty forever.

When Statistics Stay Empty Forever: A Hidden Edge Case with Empty Tables
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Change X-Axis values based on slicer user selection Want your Power-BI visual to automatically switch between different hierarchies based on slicer selection – without drill mode or extra clicks? In this post, I’ll show a simple DAX pattern that makes…

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Managed Identity Support for Azure SQL Database Import & Export services (preview) | Microsoft Community Hub Today we’re announcing a public preview that lets Azure SQL Database Import & Export services authenticate...

Managed Identity Support for #AzureSQL #Database Import & Export services (preview)
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GA of update policy SQL Server 2025 for Azure SQL Managed Instance | Microsoft Community Hub We’re happy to announce that the update policy SQL Server 2025 for Azure SQL Managed Instance is now generally available (GA). SQL Server...

Generally Available: update policy #SQLServer2025 for #AzureSQL Managed Instance
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Why Developers and DBAs love SQL’s Dynamic Data Masking (Series-Part 1) | Microsoft Community Hub Dynamic Data Masking (DDM) is one of those SQL features (available in SQL Server, Azure SQL DB, Azure SQL MI, SQL Database in Microsoft Fabric) that both...

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This entire administration is a 💀DEATH CULT💀 and they're in control of the most powerful military in the world.

🚨🚨 This is *LITERALLY WORST CASE SCENARIO!* 🚨🚨

Every able American citizen should be *boots on the ground marching on #WashingtonDC NOW!!!*

*NOW! PUT YOUR COAT ON AND GO OUT!!! NOW!!!*

#Trump knows he's going down (because of the #EpsteinFiles) and he's taking everyone else down with him. Pete Kegsbreath is an eschatological accelerationist who wants to bring about literal 🔥 #Armageddon 🔥.

Just watch a few minutes of Fox News any day and try to understand that this is their ENTIRE world, and for them it is NORMAL.

They LITERALLY don't know anything else.

So, yeah. I'm gonna be the odd one out and say: Have some empathy and understanding towards ex-MAGA.

They have a long way to go.

The cruelty is PART OF THE BRAINWASHING. The selfishness is PART OF THE BRAINWASHING. The ignorance is PART OF THE BRAINWASHING.

They were INDOCTRINATED into the cruelty and selfishness and ignorance. They GENUINELY don't know any better.

All of this was ORCHESTRATED for longer than you realize.

These people are SHEEP who have been BRED, HERDED, and SHEARED for all their worth.

I know it's difficult to have empathy for them because of all the cruelty they inflicted, but you need to understand something:

By the time this is over, NO ONE will admit having ever been part of #MAGA.

To be fair, there is an important point to make here.

I don't think most of the liberals understand the SCOPE of the BRAINWASHING that's been happening for DECADES in the nationalist Christian populace.

MSSQL Extension for VS Code: Query Profiler, ADS Migration Toolkit & More - Azure SQL Dev Corner Discover what's new in MSSQL Extension for VS Code v1.40: Query Profiler, ADS Migration Toolkit, Database Backup & Restore, Flat File Import, and more.

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Happy Epstein Day!

Federating Databases with Data API Builder Chaining - Azure SQL Dev Corner Using Data API builder and sp_invoke_external_rest_endpoint, you can compose and federate data across databases and engines in SQL without relying on linked servers.

Federating Databases with #Data #API Builder Chaining

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Dear Copilot, can you help me with SQL? - Azure SQL Devs’ Corner Using Copilot with Azure SQL to go from schema design to local development, REST APIs, and Azure deployment, all guided by workspace instructions and skills that keep SQL at the center.

Dear #Copilot, can you help me with #SQL?

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SSMS 22.3 Release SSMS 22.3 is now available and includes bug fixes, improvements, and support for database instructions for GitHub Copilot in SSMS.

SSMS 22.3 Release
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Time Travel in #AzureSQL with Temporal Tables - #Azure SQL Devs’ Corner
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Masking Sensitive Data in Azure SQL - Azure SQL Devs’ Corner Protect sensitive data in Azure SQL by masking SSNs, emails, and phone numbers at query time using built-in Dynamic Data Masking with no application changes.

Masking Sensitive Data in #AzureSQL - #Azure SQL Devs’ Corner
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When Nothing Is True - Everything Is Permitted - Eitan Blumin's blog There is a growing anxiety in the digital age that goes beyond partisanship, beyond specific leaders, beyond even artificial intelligence… Read More »When Nothing Is True – Everything Is Permitted

We live in an exceptional political landscape, and therefore I find myself writing an exceptional blog post of a kind I would normally not write here. But the reality is forced upon us, and I must speak out.

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Enable Soft Delete in Azure SQL - Azure SQL Devs’ Corner Learn how to enforce soft delete at the database layer in Azure SQL using Row Level Security so applications cannot accidentally expose deleted data.

Enable Soft Delete in #AzureSQL - #Azure SQL Devs’ Corner
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