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SQL Server on Azure Local is now generally available
With SQL Server on Azure Local, customers can modernize where their data resides while maintaining control over infrastructure, connectivity, and data placement.
What’s next for SQL? Performance, scale, AI, and developer productivity at the European SQL Community Conference
Join Microsoft Fabric and SQL Community Conference 2026 in Barcelona to explore SQL Server 2025, Azure SQL Database Hyperscale, developer productivity tools, and the future of AI-powered data platforms.
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Cloud data and AI services training roundup May 2018
To help you stay up to date on online training opportunities, we’re releasing a monthly list of the latest free Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) sessions in one convenient post. -
SQL Server at the Red Hat Summit 2018
This blog post is also authored by Travis Wright, Principal Program Manager, Microsoft; and Jamie Reding, Senior Program Manager, Microsoft. -
A new update for mssql-cli, an interactive CLI, is now available
We have released our second major update for mssql-cli since our public preview announcement in December. -
Visualize geographic spatial data from SQL Server directly in Tableau 2018.1
This is a partner post authored with the Tableau team. -
SSMS 17.7 is now available
This post is co-authored by Sandy Winarko, Principal PM, SQL Server. -
The May release of SQL Operations Studio is now available
UPDATE: SQL Operations Studio is now GA and renamed to Azure Data Studio. -
Database scoped default online options is in preview for Azure SQL DB
This post is authored by Mirek Sztajno, Senior Program Manager, Azure SQL Database. -
The April release of SQL Operations Studio is now available
UPDATE: SQL Operations Studio is now GA and renamed to Azure Data Studio. -
Modernize to cloud with Azure SQL Database
Companies are embracing digital transformation by migrating to the cloud. -
SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 2 is now available
The SQL Server team is excited to bring you the second service pack release for SQL Server 2016. -
SQL Server 2017 on SUSE Enterprise Linux Server offer
This post is authored by John ‘JG’ Chirapurath, General Manager, Azure Data. -
Celebrating 1M installations milestone for mssql extension for VS Code with another update
We are excited to announce that a new update for the mssql extension for VS Code is now available on the VS Code Marketplace.
