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Every professional programmer (and DBA) should have a library of books on SQL fundamentals. There are many SQL titles to choose from, and a lot of them are very good. But this month's column will ...

SQL development is evolving fast, and Microsoft.Build.Sql is leading the charge. This next-generation SDK brings flexible project structures, better source control integration, automated build-time ...

By Joey D'Antoni 05/19/2025 Today, at Microsoft Build, Microsoft announced the public preview of SQL Server 2025 -- the latest release of their premier database product.

Microsoft is making available for download a test build of Service Pack 1 for its SQL Server 2012 database, as well as new SQL Azure cloud-database additions.

The database also has a flavor of P ostgreSQL. Last year at Build, Microsoft had introduced vector search to Cosmos DB, building on the company’s Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore service.

TigerBeetle, a company building a database optimized for financial transactions, like debit swipes, has raised new cash from VCs.

At the recent Build conference, Microsoft announced a new database offering, which brings SQL Server capabilities to edge computing. Officially called Azure SQL Database Edge, the service runs on ...

Build sees it adding support for more databases than the current Azure SQL supports. The latest release adds a public preview for Azure’s PostgreSQL and MySQL services.