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Jun 4, 2024
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Unleashing the Potential of Generative AI in Azure SQL Database

Sanjay Mishra
Sanjay Mishra

Generative AI is not just a technological advancement; it's a paradigm shift that is redefining the landscape of customer interaction. Azure SQL Database stands at the forefront of this revolution, offering unparalleled opportunities to harness the power of "your data" in crafting state-of-the-art applications. As we stand at the cusp of an AI r...

Azure SQLOpenAIAI
Jun 4, 2024
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Announcing UNISTR and || operator in Azure SQL Database – preview

Abhiman Tiwari
Abhiman Tiwari

We are excited to announce that the UNISTR intrinsic function and ANSI SQL concatenation operator (||) are now available in public preview in Azure SQL Database. The UNISTR function allows you to escape Unicode characters, making it easier to work with international text. The ANSI SQL concatenation operator (||) provides a simple and intuitive way ...

Azure SQLT-SQL
May 21, 2024
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Announcing EAP for Vector Support in Azure SQL Database

Pooja Kamath Davide Mauri
Pooja,
Davide

We are super excited to announce the Early Adopter Preview of Native Vector Support in Azure SQL Database and are currently accepting requests from customers who wish to participate. Latest updates - 11 September 2024 This article has been updated on 11 September 2024 to reflect the updated features. Make sure to read about the newly introduc...

Azure SQLOpenAIAI
May 21, 2024
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What’s a Vector Anyway?

Buck Woody
Buck Woody

It's a bit of an understatement to say that Artificial Intelligence (AI), and specifically Generative AI, is at the top of every announcement, news feed, article and discussion lately. Not just in technology, but everywhere. There are a lot of things you to learn to understand not just how to use AI, but how it works. One of those things is underst...

Azure SQL
May 17, 2024
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Coding at the Speed of Innovation: AI and more with Azure SQL Database

Asad Khan
Asad Khan

As Build 2024 approaches, the Azure SQL Database team is preparing a great line-up of product announcements. Innovation continues to be a big theme as we prepare to showcase exciting experiences powered by SQL data and generative AI. The ideal starting point for the new generation of AI-ready SQL apps is Azure SQL Database, the fully managed platfo...

Azure SQL
May 15, 2024
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Data API builder becomes Generally Available

Jerry Nixon
Jerry Nixon

Announcing Data API builder General Availability On May 15th, Data API builder becomes Generally Available. Data API builder for Azure SQL Databases – Generally Available It’s been a long road, getting from there to here. Nearly three years ago, Data API builder began as just a dream. How can we reduce the friction for developers wanting to ...

Azure SQLData API builder
Apr 22, 2024
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Private Preview for External REST Endpoint Invocation with Azure SQL Managed Instance

Brian Spendolini
Brian Spendolini

We have an exciting opportunity for customers and partners to use External REST Endpoint Invocation with Azure SQL Managed Instance in a private preview. What is Azure SQL Managed Instance? Azure SQL Managed Instance is a PaaS service that has near 100% compatibility with the latest Enterprise Edition SQL Server database engine, providing a nativ...

Azure SQLRESTREST Endpoint Invocation
Apr 18, 2024
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Data API builder Version 0.11 Brings In-Memory Caching

Jerry Nixon
Jerry Nixon

Literally, I just said that! I have three daughters, and it's amazing how they ask me the same questions over and over. I don't mind answering them, but I sure wish they would either remember my answer or, at least, write it down. There's a measurable cognitive load with the context switching and staying consistent in my answers. And that's a good—...

Data API builderAzure SQLREST
Apr 18, 2024
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Vector Search Optimization via KMeans, Voronoi Cells and Inverted File Index (aka “Cell-Probing”)

Davide Mauri
Davide Mauri

In a previous article I already mentioned how vectors can be easily stored in Azure SQL already and how to calculate dot product and cosine distance using just T-SQL. In this article I will show how to improve the performance in vector search by using a technique that has many name but is really based on something very well know already: KMeans Clu...

AIAzure SQLPython
Apr 3, 2024
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Vanna.ai and Azure SQL Database

Brian Spendolini
Brian Spendolini

Vanna.ai and Microsoft SQL Vanna.ai, in partnership with Azure SQL Database Product Management, bring you a collaboration for using Vanna's natural language to SQL (NL2SQL) agent with the Azure SQL Database. How does Vanna.ai work? First, Vanna is an open-source Python RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) framework for SQL generation/natural lan...

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