As I described here, Power BI can send SQL queries in parallel in DirectQuery mode and you can see from the Timeline column there is some parallelism happening here – the last two SQL queries ...

Forge 2025.3 adds AI Assistant to SQL Complete, supports SSMS 22, Visual Studio 2026, MySQL 9.5, MariaDB 12.2, and ...

Visual Studio 2022 is an upgrade over its predecessor, the VS 2019. This Microsoft IDE is compatible with a lot of database technologies such as Azure, SQL, and SQLite, and has a perfect integration.

Microsoft has announced the release of SQL Server Management Studio Preview 3, which brings many features, including "initial" support for ARM64. SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is the tool of ...

Microsoft Visual Studio 2026 Arrives With ‘AI Woven Into Workflow’ Your email has been sent First major visual studio upgrade in five years AI, performance, and ...

Azure Data Studio will officially be retired on February 28, 2026. Microsoft just announced the retirement in a blog post, recommending that all users try out the alternatives: Visual Studio Code and ...

The November 2024 Patch Tuesday security updates have fixed 91 flaws, which include 4 zero-day vulnerabilities. As with most Patch Tuesday releases, November’s updates include fixes for Windows, ...

Ahead of Microsoft Build (and a possible SQL Server announcement), let's break down what we know and speculate about what we don't. One topic that has come up in several conversations with customers ...