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Canada’s 2026 time zone updates: guidance for Microsoft SQL

Affected locations in British Columbia, Alberta, and Manitoba will not turn their clocks back at 02:00 local time on November 1, 2026. They wi...

Azure SQL Devs’ Corner 8 hours ago 3

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Try SqlClient’s new connection pool for faster parallel connections

You told us that applications using Microsoft.Data.SqlClient can take too long to establish the database connections they need. When many requ...

Azure SQL Devs’ Corner 8 days ago 10

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Upcoming SQL and AI Events to Put on Your Calendar

Developers, database administrators, data professionals, architects and technology decision makers have several opportunities to connect, lear...

Azure SQL Devs’ Corner 8 days ago 8

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PostgreSQL to SQL Field Notes: Connections

Welcome to SQL First, welcome to SQL! You’re going to like this. Upgrading from PostgreSQL is real work, and depending on your old database, t...

Azure SQL Devs’ Corner 8 days ago 9

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Data API builder 2.1.5: JSON and Vector Data Type Support, and More

Data API builder (DAB) 2.1.5 is now available as a stable release, and it is about meeting modern data where it lives: documents next to rows,...

Azure SQL Devs’ Corner 13 days ago 10

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DiskANN Vector Index and Vector Search Are Now Generally Available in Azure SQL

Today, we are announcing the general availability of DiskANN Vector Index & Search across Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance w...

Azure SQL Devs’ Corner 15 days ago 11

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What’s new across Microsoft SQL at SQLCon/FabCon Europe 2026

Live From Barcelona Woo! I’m posting this live from the first ever European SQLCon (joint conference with FabCon EU), and the second ever SQLC...

Azure SQL Devs’ Corner 16 days ago 8

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How to build an app on Azure SQL with an AI coding agent

Developers have trusted SQL for decades, since long before AI existed. Now coding agents help choose the database, and they favor the one they...

Azure SQL Devs’ Corner 16 days ago 6

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MSSQL Extension for VS Code: New Getting Started Page, Agent skills, SQL Formatter, and more

Get started faster with common SQL workflows and resources in one place. The MSSQL extension for VS Code v1.46 introduces a new Getting Starte...

Azure SQL Devs’ Corner 16 days ago 8

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SQLAlchemy 2.1 brings built-in support for mssql-python

We’re pleased to share that SQLAlchemy 2.1.0 is now generally available, with built-in support for mssql-python, Microsoft’s Pytho...

Azure SQL Devs’ Corner 16 days ago 10