Microsoft's continued focus on SQL Server 2025 highlights the lasting demand for on-premises and hybrid deployments that prioritize performance, control and flexibility for enterprise workloads.

In the first of this two-part series, Microsoft's lead SQL architect explains how the company collects -- and secures -- telemetry data from Azure SQL Database customers to improve its engineering ...

SQL Server 2022 customers will see benefits in the areas of data integration, analytics, governance, and high availability thanks to the database’s enhanced connectivity to the Azure cloud, Microsoft ...

However, there comes a time when product lifecycles must conclude. On July 14, 2026, SQL Server 2016 will reach its 10-year end-of-support moment. Many of our customers, including YunTech, have begun ...

SQL Server’s new Accelerated Data Recovery feature makes database recovery a snap. How does it work?

Microsoft’s offer: “Customers who migrate workloads to Azure virtual machines will have access to Extended Security Updates for both SQL Server and Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 for three ...

This capability is meant to aid with auditing sensitive data. Vulnerability Assessment As the name implies, the Vulnerability Assessment fea­ture scans Azure SQL databases for a wide variety of ...

DiskANN is a preview feature. Current limitations will be removed in future releases. For more information, see DiskANN vector index in SQL Server 2025. This sample shows how to use the DiskANN vector ...