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 ...

A workaround to allow you to create multiple tables in a Direct Lake semantic model linked to the same table in OneLake ...

So many cool Fabric features get announced at Fabcon that it’s easy to miss some of them. The fact that you can now not only generate Excel files from Fabric Dataflows Gen2, but that you have so much ...

In addition to rolling out patches to address two zero-days affecting SQL Server and .NET, Microsoft introduced Common Log File System hardening with signature verification.

Victims are coaxed into a Quick Assist session that drops a digitally signed Microsoft Installer (MSI). This slips in a third-party-signed dynamic link library (DLL) to trigger sideloading and deploy ...

Microsoft SQL Server installation is simple when system requirements and edition choices are planned. Choosing the right authentication mode, such as Windows Authentication, improves security and ...

This article describes how to use the bcp utility to create a format file for a particular table. The format file is based on the data-type option specified (-n, -c, -w, or -N) and the table or view ...

Microsoft is working to resolve a known issue that causes its Defender for Endpoint enterprise endpoint security platform to incorrectly tag SQL Server software as end-of-life. According to a service ...

This guide provides instructions on how to set up and use SQL Server with DBeaver. Before you start, you must create a connection in DBeaver and select SQL Server. If you have not done this, please ...

Microsoft has revealed some details about what's next for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). Customers should expect multiple SSMS releases soon. SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is the tool of ...

Microsoft has released the first release candidate for SQL Server 2025, touting AI capabilities and experimental features through PREVIEW_FEATURES. A private preview of SQL Server 2025 began in ...