In July 2025, Microsoft will discontinue support for the Microsoft Connector for Oracle in SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS). This blog provides essential details to help customers prepare for this change in advance. The post SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) Microsoft Connector for Oracle deprecation  appeared first on Microsoft SQL Server Blog ..read more

The “state of the union” in 2025 of Microsoft new releases and capabilities for SQL Server, Azure SQL, SQL database in Fabric, Copilots, and more. The post The year ahead for SQL Server: Ground to cloud to fabric appeared first on Microsoft SQL Server Blog ..read more

Sign up for the preview of Microsoft SQL Server 2025, an AI-ready database with built-in security, hybrid AI vector search, and integration with Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft Azure. The post Announcing Microsoft SQL Server 2025: Enterprise AI-ready database from ground to cloud appeared first on Microsoft SQL Server Blog ..read more

We’re simplifying deployment and cost management by using modern pay-as-you-go subscription for SQL Server software running on any cloud provider. The post Save money on Microsoft SQL Server licensing with Microsoft Azure Arc appeared first on Microsoft SQL Server Blog ..read more

By migrating their databases to Azure, customers like Ernst and Young are modernizing their data estate and leveraging cutting-edge cloud innovations. The post Modernize your database with the consolidation and retirement of Azure Database Migration tools appeared first on Microsoft SQL Server Blog ..read more

As of July 9, 2024, SQL Server 2014 has reached its end of support. Many of our customers, including Scandinavian Airlines, have begun transitioning their SQL workloads to Microsoft Azure or are updating to SQL Server 2022. The post Modernize Microsoft SQL Server 2014 workloads with Azure appeared first on Microsoft SQL Server Blog ..read more

Ever since Microsoft introduced SQL Server Stretch Database in 2016, our guiding principles for such hybrid data storage solutions have always been affordability, security, and native Azure integration. Customers have indicated that they want to reduce maintenance and storage costs for on-premises data, with options to scale up or down as needed, greater peace of mind from advanced security features such as Always Encrypted and row-level security, and they seek to unlock value from warm and cold data stretched to the cloud using Microsoft Azure analytics services.      During re ..read more

AI is transforming everything we do, including how we interact with data. Data is the fuel for AI. Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL is the data platform to power today’s modern applications with security, performance, and availability, but also have capabilities and support scenarios required in the era of AI. Azure SQL and SQL Server support building new generative AI experiences that become supercharged when combined with your data. In addition, SQL brings AI assistance to a new level with copilot experiences for both self-help and natural language to SQL capabilities. In this blog po ..read more

Hey everyone!   We’ve been on the road the last couple of weeks at MVP Summit, SQLBits and Fabric Con, connecting with customers talking about the value of migration and modernization. We want to dig into specifically, how Azure can deliver real business value through cost optimization and streamlined productivity for their Windows Server and SQL Server deployments when they migrate to Azure.  We’ve helped countless organizations migrate their SQL Server and Windows workloads to Azure a critical 1st step in any transformation initiative. The move can help improve cybersecur ..read more

Guidance on choosing SQL Server storage options in Azure We’re excited to announce the public preview of the Premium SSD v2 provisioning experience for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) deployed in the Azure portal. Premium SSD v2 storage improves performance, reliability, and scalability of your SQL Server workloads while offering robust resource capacity, as you can create a single disk with up to 64 TiBs, 80,000 input/output per second (IOPS), and 1,200 MB/s throughput. When building Azure SQL VMs in the cloud, DBAs have several storage choices they can consider to give their appli ..read more