The SQL Server IaaS Agent extension (`SqlIaasExtension`) runs on SQL Server on Azure Windows Virtual Machines (VMs) to automate management and administration tasks. This article provides an overview ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. The Microsoft Security Response Center has confirmed that a SQL Server elevation of ...

Two zero-day flaws in the form of a denial of service (DoS) issue in .NET and an elevation of privilege (EoP) issue in SQL Server top the agenda for security teams in Microsoft’s latest monthly Patch ...

Abstract: We introduce Semantic Relational Types (SRT), an extension to the relational type system that enriches traditional SQL data types with semantic annotations. SRT provides LLMfriendly type ...

Snowflake recently unveiled ArcticInference , the fastest speculative decoding solution for vLLM currently available. ArcticInference can reduce the end-to-end latency for LLM agent tasks by up to 4.5 ...

A team of AI researchers at Bloomberg have developed PExA, an agentic framework that achieved 70.2% execution accuracy, sharing one of the top positions on the Spider 2.0 (Snow) leaderboard, one of ...

I’ve spent the past decade working at the intersection of AI, systems optimization, and cloud infrastructure. At Google, I helped efficiently scale data center infrastructure on one of the largest and ...

Managing SQL Server across hybrid and multi-cloud environments has long posed a challenge for database administrators. With data sprawled across on-premises infrastructure, cloud platforms, and edge ...

The first release candidate (RC0) of SQL Server 2025 is now available. As we move toward general availability, our focus shifts to delivering enhanced stability, performance, and product improvements ...

For as long as I can remember, I have always configured the computers within my own organization to store data on network servers as opposed to the data being stored on workstations. That way, if one ...

A step-by-step guide to deploying, configuring, and testing a multi-AZ, multi-region SQL Server FCI in the Azure cloud, complete with a PowerShell script that handles the networking configuration.

Artificial intelligence is driving a massive shift in enterprise productivity, from GitHub Copilot’s code completions to chatbots that mine internal knowledge bases for instant answers. Each new agent ...