My Favorite Undocumented Feature in SQL MCP Server
Deploy Microsoft's SQL MCP Server in minutes without a configuration file. Learn how DAB_CONNSTRING enables fast deployment using Docker, Azur...
Deploy Microsoft's SQL MCP Server in minutes without a configuration file. Learn how DAB_CONNSTRING enables fast deployment using Docker, Azur...
Under the Hood: The Research Behind Microsoft SQL, part 2 Here’s a scenario that used to be genuinely frightening: you kick off a bulk load of...
In my last post, I broke down the Socrates paper, the research that became Azure SQL Database Hyperscale. Writing it made me want to tackle a ...
Welcome to SQL First, welcome to SQL! You’re going to like this. I’ve said this before, but it’s still true: upgrading from ...
Under the Hood: The Research Behind Microsoft SQL, part 1 The Microsoft SQL team is always innovating. They do this in day-to-day efforts, but...
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You told us that applications using Microsoft.Data.SqlClient can take too long to establish the database connections they need. When many requ...
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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...
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