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Not even 6 months ago we started the Early Adopter Preview vector data support in Azure SQL, and we got great feedback and a lot of enthusiasm about the feature. Developers are excited to be able to easily build AI-enabled solution using an enterprise ready, secure, scalable and proven platform like Azure SQL, without the need to move data ...

If you are looking forward to build AI-enabled applications on your own data, you'll be excited to know that the Early Adopter Preview announced for Azure SQL DB on native vector capabilities is now available also for those who have data stored in Azure SQL Managed Instance! Make sure to learn how to store and use vectors functions reading the ...

Retrieval Augmented Generation, or RAG, is one of the hottest topics at the moment as it opens up the possibility of interacting with data using natural language, which is a long-time dream finally coming true. It is very likely that a lot of your data is already stored or will be stored in Azure SQL, so a common request is to have an ...

In today's fast-paced software development landscape, having a reliable and efficient local development setup is crucial. Dev Containers provide developers with a seamless way to build and test applications locally before deploying them to the cloud. We are announcing the Public Preview of Dev Container templates for Azure SQL Database. This ...

In today’s data-driven world, finding similar items within large datasets is a common challenge. Whether it’s recommending products, identifying similar documents, or clustering data points, efficient similarity search is crucial. This blog post will explore how to leverage FAISS (Facebook AI Similarity Search) and Azure SQL to perform ...

This semester long project was completed by Master's students at Cornell University with mentorship from the Azure SQL database product team at Microsoft.   Project Mission The purpose of this project is to design a high-fidelity university course registration system utilizing Microsoft Azure cloud services. Our target audience includes ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...