Microsoft has open sourced a .NET 5 C# Language Extension for SQL Server, allowing developers to work with relational data in the company's flagship programming language. The new tool joins similar ...

MCSA: SQL 2016 BI development. Microsoft recommends that you have foundational IT skills before embarking on this certification path. The certification is for extract, transform and load (ELT) and ...

Microsoft also announced the integration of the MSSQL Extension for Visual Studio Code with GitHub Copilot for better code suggestions. SQL Server 2025 comes with several improvements to security ...

Joey on SQL Server. Why Microsoft Is Still Betting Big on SQL Server in a Cloud-First World. Microsoft's continued focus on SQL Server 2025 highlights the lasting demand for on-premises and hybrid ...

Microsoft has released a seventh preview of its forthcoming .NET 9 software development platform, with enhancements to C# for API authors. The .NET runtime, SDK, and other areas also are improved.

The tool's Always Encrypted functionality was also improved, as described in another post published by Microsoft yesterday titled "Always Encrypted Assessment in SQL Server Management Studio 21." ...