From the browser to the back end, the ‘boring’ choice is exciting again. We look at three trends converging to bring SQL back ...

The open source MySQL spin-off has steadily added features all its own. Here are five good reasons to switch to MariaDB.

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 ...

Choosing between Microsoft Dataverse and Microsoft SQL Server resulted in us having to decide between two good options. Microsoft Digital stories Editor’s note: This story was created with the help of ...

Our update pipeline currently uses JSON_MODIFY() to perform partial updates inside JSON documents. SQL Server 2025 is introducing a new modify method that can do the same in a more efficient way (docs ...

We take pride in delivering innovation with each new version of Microsoft SQL Server. However, there comes a time when product lifecycles must conclude. On July 14, 2026, SQL Server 2016 will reach ...

As developers look to harness the power of AI in their applications, one of the most exciting advancements is the ability to enrich existing databases with semantic understanding through vector search ...

EF 9.0 brought experimental support for the Azure SQL JSON data type (#32150, Azure SQL docs), which is still in preview. As the Azure SQL support will go GA soon, we need to bring the feature out of ...