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We are happy to announce that Native vector support in Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance is moving to General Availability this summer. Deployments are already underway, and several regions have begun receiving the feature. What is going GA? Integrated Vector Data Type Azure SQL introduces a dedicated VECTOR data type that simpl...

Vector databases like Qdrant and Milvus are specifically designed to efficiently store, manage, and retrieve embeddings. However, many applications already use relational databases like SQL Server or SQL Azure. In such cases, installing and managing another database can be challenging, especially since these vector databases may not offer all t...

RAG - Retrieval Augmented Generation - is by far one of the most common patterns today as it enables the creation of chatbots that can chat on your own data, as I described in my previous "Retrieval Augmented Generation with Azure SQL" blog post. As soon as you start to use it excitement grows, as it provides a sort of a magical experience. Experie...