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SQL Server Blog

2020–2026

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October 2026

  1. Cumulative Update #10 for SQL Server 2025 RTM
  2. Microsoft at PASS Data Community Summit 2026:
  3. SQL Server on Azure VMs makes history with the first audited SQL Server TPC-H result in the cloud!
  4. Security Update for SQL Server 2025 RTM CU9
  5. Security Update for SQL Server 2025 RTM
  6. Security Update for SQL Server 2022 RTM CU27
  7. Security Update for SQL Server 2022 RTM
  8. Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM CU32
  9. Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM
  10. Security Update for SQL Server 2017 RTM CU31
  11. Security Update for SQL Server 2017 RTM
  12. mssql-python 1.16.0: Python 3.15 support, Conda, and faster fetches
  13. Introducing sqlsimtools
  14. BULKADMIN role support for SQL Server on Linux is now Generally Available

September 2026

  1. Strengthen SQL Server security on Azure Local with Trusted Launch
  2. Announcing flexible provisioning for SQL Server on Linux Azure VMs (Public Preview)
  3. The same connection string keywords now work across our SQL drivers
  4. Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 7.1.0 is now generally available
  5. mssql-django 2.0: Now with mssql-python
  6. Cumulative Update #9 for SQL Server 2025 RTM
  7. Cumulative Update #27 for SQL Server 2022 RTM
  8. Microsoft JDBC Driver 13.6 for SQL Server is now available
  9. mssql-python 1.15.0: Faster, More Reliable, and Built for Your Applications
  10. Microsoft ODBC Driver 18.7.1: smaller vectors, easier configuration, and better cloud routing
  11. Security Update for SQL Server 2025 RTM CU8
  12. Security Update for SQL Server 2025 RTM
  13. Security Update for SQL Server 2022 RTM CU26
  14. Security Update for SQL Server 2022 RTM
  15. Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM CU32
  16. Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM
  17. Security Update for SQL Server 2017 RTM CU31
  18. Security Update for SQL Server 2017 RTM
  19. Move to Modern SQL Server Licensing with Confidence

August 2026

  1. mssql-python 1.14.0: Faster Parameter Binding, Safer Errors, Correct Timeouts
  2. Managing SQL Server on Linux Azure VMs with the SQL IaaS Agent Extension
  3. Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server 5.13.3: PIE support on every platform
  4. Cumulative Update #8 for SQL Server 2025 RTM
  5. Announcing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 22.9.0
  6. mssql-python 1.13.0: Arrow Bulk Copy, Smarter Tokens, Slimmer Wheels
  7. mssql-django 1.8.0: Django 6.1 Support within 48 Hours of Django 6.1 GA

July 2026

  1. mssql-python v1.12.0: Standalone ODBC package, bulk copy fixes
  2. mssql-django 1.7.4 Released
  3. Two additional controls with Automatic Plan Correction enabled
  4. Cumulative Update #7 for SQL Server 2025 RTM
  5. Cumulative Update #26 for SQL Server 2022 RTM
  6. Security Update for SQL Server 2025 RTM CU6
  7. Security Update for SQL Server 2025 RTM
  8. Security Update for SQL Server 2022 RTM CU25
  9. Security Update for SQL Server 2022 RTM
  10. Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM CU32
  11. Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM
  12. Security Update for SQL Server 2017 RTM CU31
  13. Security Update for SQL Server 2017 RTM
  14. Security Update for SQL Server 2016 SP3 Azure Connect Feature Pack
  15. Security Update for SQL Server 2016 SP3
  16. A Programmatic Interface to the Query Hint Recommendation Tool
  17. mssql-python 1.11.0: Fixes for transaction semantics, Apple Silicon imports, and bulk copy

June 2026

  1. mssql-python 1.10.0: Service Principal Bulk Copy, More Reliable Arrow Text, and a Core Timeout Fix
  2. Announcing Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 7.0.2 and 6.1.6
  3. Microsoft Django backend for SQL Server - mssql-django 1.7.3 is now available
  4. SQL Server 2016 Extended Security Updates: Stay Protected While You Modernize
  5. Cumulative Update #6 for SQL Server 2025 RTM
  6. mssql-python 1.9.0: Row-friendly Bulk Copy, smarter NULL parameters, and a more portable wheel
  7. Introducing Execution Context for GitHub Copilot in SSMS
  8. Announcing the Release of SSMS 22.7.0 - and many previews!

May 2026

  1. mssql-python 1.8.0: friendlier Row access, Bulk Copy with MSI, and a refreshed ODBC driver
  2. Announcing the release of Microsoft OLE DB Driver 19.4.2 for SQL Server
  3. Announcing mssql-django 1.7.2
  4. mssql-python 1.7.1 and the case of the missing megabytes
  5. Cumulative Update #5 for SQL Server 2025 RTM
  6. Cumulative Update #25 for SQL Server 2022 RTM
  7. Security Update for SQL Server 2025 RTM CU4
  8. Security Update for SQL Server 2025 RTM
  9. Security Update for SQL Server 2022 RTM CU24
  10. Security Update for SQL Server 2022 RTM
  11. Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM CU32
  12. Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM
  13. Security Update for SQL Server 2017 RTM CU31
  14. Security Update for SQL Server 2017 RTM
  15. Security Update for SQL Server 2016 SP3 Azure Connect Feature Pack
  16. Security Update for SQL Server 2016 SP3
  17. Announcing SQL Server Management Studio 22.6.0
  18. Microsoft ODBC Driver 17.11.1 for SQL Server Released
  19. go-mssqldb v1.10.0: Better Reliability, Developer Experience, and Standards Compliance
  20. Announcing Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 6.1.5

April 2026

  1. Announcing Microsoft Drivers 5.13.1 for PHP for SQL Server
  2. Announcing SQL Server Management Studio 22.5.2
  3. Query plan regressions got you down? Here's how Automatic Plan Correction can turn it around.
  4. Announcing Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 7.0.1
  5. mssql-python 1.6: Unblocking Your Threads
  6. mssql-django 1.7.1: Microsoft Fabric Support and Migration Fixes
  7. Cumulative Update #4 for SQL Server 2025 RTM
  8. Security Update for SQL Server 2025 RTM CU3
  9. Security Update for SQL Server 2025 RTM
  10. Security Update for SQL Server 2022 RTM CU24
  11. Security Update for SQL Server 2022 RTM
  12. Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM CU32
  13. Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM
  14. Security Update for SQL Server 2017 RTM
  15. Security Update for SQL Server 2017 RTM CU31
  16. Security Update for SQL Server 2016 SP3
  17. Security Update for SQL Server 2016 SP3 Azure Connect Feature Pack
  18. Announcing SQL Server Management Studio 22.5
  19. mssql-python 1.5: Apache Arrow, sql_variant, and Native UUIDs
  20. Microsoft ODBC Driver 18.6.2 for SQL
  21. Introducing Pacemaker HA Agent v2 for SQL Server on Linux (In Preview)

March 2026

  1. Announcing Preview of bulkadmin role support for SQL Server on Linux
  2. Microsoft Drivers 5.13.0 for PHP for SQL Server — We're Back!
  3. Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 7.0 Is Here: A Leaner, More Modular Driver for SQL Server
  4. Announcing the General Availability of Microsoft JDBC Driver 13.4 for SQL Server
  5. mssql-python 1.4: Bulk Copy Arrives - Load Millions of Rows at Native Speed
  6. mssql-django 1.7: Django 6.0, SQL Server 2025, and a Lot of Catching Up
  7. Cumulative Update #3 for SQL Server 2025 RTM
  8. Cumulative Update #24 for SQL Server 2022 RTM
  9. Security Update for SQL Server 2025 RTM CU2
  10. Security Update for SQL Server 2025 RTM GDR
  11. Security Update for SQL Server 2022 RTM CU23
  12. Security Update for SQL Server 2022 RTM GDR
  13. Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM CU32
  14. Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM GDR
  15. Security Update for SQL Server 2017 RTM CU31
  16. Security Update for SQL Server 2017 RTM GDR
  17. Security Update for SQL Server 2016 SP3 Azure Connect Feature Pack
  18. Security Update for SQL Server 2016 SP3 GDR

February 2026

  1. Writing a great session abstract for FabCon & SQLCon
  2. SSMA Copilot for SAP ASE (Sybase)
  3. Cumulative Update #2 for SQL Server 2025 RTM
  4. Announcing database instructions and a lot of fixes in SQL Server Management Studio 22.3
  5. Join us at SQLCon 2026

January 2026

  1. SQL + AI: Get ready for a fun new experience, launching next week!
  2. Announcing GitHub Copilot code completions in SQL Server Management Studio 22.2.1
  3. Creating a Contained Availability Group and Enabling Database Creation via CAG Listener
  4. Deprecation Announcement: SSRS/PBIRS and SSAS Management Packs for SCOM
  5. Announcing GA of SQL Server 2025 on RHEL 10 and Ubuntu 24.04, with additional enhancements for Linux deployments
  6. Cumulative Update #1 for SQL Server 2025 RTM
  7. Cumulative Update #23 for SQL Server 2022 RTM
  8. Security Update for SQL Server 2022 RTM CU22
  9. Security Update for SQL Server 2022 RTM
  10. Security Update for SQL Server 2025 RTM

2025 108

December 2025

  1. ODBC Driver 18.6 for SQL Server Released
  2. Announcing the release of SQL Server Management Studio 22.1

November 2025

  1. Announcing General Availability of the mssql-python Driver
  2. SQL Server 2025: Deeply Integrated and Feature-rich on Linux
  3. Reimagining Data Excellence: SQL Server 2025 Accelerated by Pure Storage
  4. Introducing optimized locking v2
  5. Resource governor - a new beginning
  6. Unlocking Enterprise AI: SQL Server 2025 and NVIDIA Nemotron RAG Accelerate AI
  7. SQL Server 2025 is Now Generally Available
  8. Cumulative Update #22 for SQL Server 2022 RTM
  9. Security Update for SQL Server 2022 RTM CU21
  10. Security Update for SQL Server 2022 RTM GDR
  11. Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM CU32
  12. Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM
  13. Security Update for SQL Server 2017 RTM CU31
  14. Security Update for SQL Server 2017 RTM GDR
  15. Security Update for SQL Server 2016 SP3 Azure Connect Feature Pack
  16. Security Update for SQL Server 2016 SP3 GDR
  17. SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 22 is now Generally Available (GA)
  18. Announcing the Release of SQL Server Management Studio 22 Preview 5
  19. Database Innovations: Your Guide to Microsoft Ignite 2025
  20. SQL Spotlight: Ignite 2025
  21. Announcing SQLCon 2026: Better Together with FabCon!

October 2025

  1. Announcing the Release of SSMS 22 Preview 4
  2. Announcing the Release of SQL Server Management Studio 22 Preview 3
  3. Now Available by Popular Demand: GitHub Copilot in SSMS (Preview)
  4. Microsoft at PASS Data Community Summit 2025
  5. Data Virtualization with PolyBase for SQL Server 2025

September 2025

  1. Announcement: Upcoming Changes to SQL Server on Linux Virtual Machine (VM) Provisioning in Azure
  2. SQL Server 2025 Preview RC1: Now Supporting Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 10
  3. JDBC Driver 13.2 for SQL Server Released
  4. Released: General Availability of Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 6.1
  5. Cumulative Update #21 for SQL Server 2022 RTM
  6. Security Update for SQL Server 2022 RTM CU20
  7. Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM GDR
  8. Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM CU32
  9. Security Update for SQL Server 2016 SP3 GDR
  10. Security Update for SQL Server 2016 SP3 Azure Connect Feature Pack
  11. Security Update for SQL Server 2022 RTM GDR
  12. Security Update for SQL Server 2017 RTM GDR
  13. Security Update for SQL Server 2017 RTM CU31
  14. Announcing the release of SSMS 22 Preview 1
  15. What’s new in SSMS 21.5.14
  16. What’s next for Copilot in SSMS
  17. Microsoft and PASS Summit are going on tour!
  18. Coming Soon: More SSMS 21 Updates and SSMS 22 Preview!

August 2025

  1. Announcing SQL Server 2025 Release Candidate 0 (RC0)
  2. SQL Server 2025 Preview: Now Supporting Ubuntu 24.04 and TLS 1.3
  3. Security Update for SQL Server 2022 RTM CU20
  4. Security Update for SQL Server 2022 RTM GDR
  5. Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM CU32
  6. Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM GDR
  7. Security Update for SQL Server 2017 RTM CU31
  8. Security Update for SQL Server 2017 RTM GDR
  9. Security Update for SQL Server 2016 SP3 Azure Connect Feature Pack
  10. Security Update for SQL Server 2016 SP3 GDR
  11. SQL Server on Linux Now Supports cgroup v2

July 2025

  1. Managed Identity support for Azure Key Vault in SQL Server running on Linux
  2. Cumulative Update #20 for SQL Server 2022 RTM
  3. Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM CU32
  4. Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM GDR
  5. Security Update for SQL Server 2022 RTM CU19
  6. Security Update for SQL Server 2022 RTM GDR
  7. Security Update for SQL Server 2017 RTM CU31
  8. Security Update for SQL Server 2017 RTM GDR
  9. Security Update for SQL Server 2016 SP3 Azure Connect Feature Pack
  10. Security Update for SQL Server 2016 SP3 GDR
  11. Smarter Parallelism: Degree of parallelism feedback in SQL Server 2025
  12. Announcing the release of SSMS 21.4.8
  13. Early technical preview of JDBC Driver 13.1.0 for SQL Server released
  14. Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 6.1 Preview 2

June 2025

  1. Hotfix: JDBC Driver 12.10.1 for SQL Server Released
  2. Announcing the release of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 21.3.6
  3. What’s new in SQL Server 2025 CTP 2.1: Building momentum from public preview
  4. Secure by default: What’s new in SQL Server 2025 security
  5. Copilot in SSMS Survey
  6. Entra Authentication in Arc enabled SQL Server 2025 - Windows
  7. Announcing the release of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 21.2.5
  8. Announcing the Public Preview of mssql-python

May 2025

  1. Announcing the Public Preview of JSON index in SQL Server 2025
  2. Announcing the General Availability (GA) of JSON data type and JSON aggregates
  3. Announcing Public Preview of DiskANN in SQL Server 2025
  4. SQL Server 2025: introducing tempdb space resource governance
  5. Announcing the preview of Copilot in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
  6. SQL Server 2025: introducing optimized Halloween protection
  7. SQL Server 2025 - AI ready enterprise database from ground to cloud
  8. SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 21 is now generally available (GA)
  9. Cumulative Update #19 for SQL Server 2022 RTM
  10. OLE DB Driver 19.4.1 and 18.7.5 for SQL Server Released
  11. Announcing the Release of SSMS 21 Preview 7

April 2025

  1. Decoding Your SQL Server on Linux Deployment Options
  2. Why It’s Time to Migrate from System.Data.SqlClient to Microsoft.Data.SqlClient
  3. Announcing the Release of SSMS 21 Preview 6

March 2025

  1. ODBC Driver 18.5 for SQL Server Released
  2. JDBC Driver 12.10 for SQL Server Released
  3. Cumulative Update #18 for SQL Server 2022 RTM
  4. Announcing the release of SSMS 21 Preview 5
  5. Introducing mssql-python alpha
  6. Azure Connect feature pack for SQL Server 2017 RTM

February 2025

  1. Cumulative Update #32 for SQL Server 2019 RTM
  2. Released: SCOM Management Packs for SQL Server, RS and AS (7.8)
  3. Cumulative Update #31 for SQL Server 2019 RTM
  4. Announcing the Release of SSMS 21 Preview 4

January 2025

  1. Another Year, Another PM: The SSMS Team Keeps Growing
  2. Announcing the Release of SSMS 21 Preview 3
  3. Cumulative Update #17 for SQL Server 2022 RTM
  4. Secure SQL Server on RHEL with SELinux
  5. SQL Server Containers and SQL Server on Linux Now Available on Windows via WSL!

2024 92

December 2024

  1. Announcing the Release of SSMS Preview 2.1
  2. Cumulative Update #30 for SQL Server 2019 RTM

November 2024

  1. Announcing SQL database in Microsoft Fabric public preview
  2. Cumulative Update #16 for SQL Server 2022 RTM
  3. Security Update for SQL Server 2016 SP3 Azure Connect Feature Pack
  4. Security Update for SQL Server 2017 RTM GDR
  5. Security Update for SQL Server 2017 RTM CU31
  6. Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM GDR
  7. Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM CU29
  8. Security Update for SQL Server 2022 RTM CU15
  9. Security Update for SQL Server 2022 RTM GDR
  10. Announcing the release of SQL Server Management Studio 21 Preview 1
  11. Security Update for SQL Server 2016 SP3 GDR
  12. Announcing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 21 Preview 1 and Copilot in SSMS
  13. Cumulative Update #29 for SQL Server 2019 RTM

October 2024

  1. Microsoft at PASS Data Community Summit 2024!
  2. Security Update for SQL Server 2022 RTM CU15
  3. Security Update for SQL Server 2022 RTM GDR
  4. Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM CU28
  5. Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM GDR
  6. Security Update for SQL Server 2017 RTM CU31
  7. Security Update for SQL Server 2017 RTM GDR
  8. Security Update for SQL Server 2016 SP3 Azure Connect Feature Pack
  9. Security Update for SQL Server 2016 SP3 GDR

September 2024

  1. Cumulative Update #15 for SQL Server 2022 RTM
  2. SQL Server on Azure VM: Automated Patching Retirement and Replacement with Azure Update Manager
  3. Security Update for SQL Server 2016 SP3 GDR
  4. Security Update for SQL Server 2016 SP3 Azure Connect Feature Pack
  5. Security Update for SQL Server 2017 RTM CU31
  6. Security Update for SQL Server 2017 RTM GDR
  7. Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM CU28
  8. Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM GDR
  9. Security Update for SQL Server 2022 RTM CU14
  10. Security Update for SQL Server 2022 RTM GDR
  11. Continued feedback for SSMS 21
  12. Hotfix: JDBC Driver 12.6.4 for SQL Server Released

August 2024

  1. Debugging T-SQL using Visual Studio
  2. Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 4.0.6, 5.1.6, 5.2.2
  3. Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 6.0 Preview 1
  4. Hotfix: JDBC Driver 12.8.1 for SQL Server Released
  5. Announcement: System.Data.SqlClient package is now deprecated
  6. Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 3.1.7
  7. Released: SCOM Management Packs for SQL Server, RS, AS and Azure SQL MI (7.6)
  8. Cumulative Update #28 for SQL Server 2019 RTM
  9. ODBC Driver 18.4 for SQL Server Released
  10. JDBC Driver 12.8 for SQL Server Released

July 2024

  1. Cumulative Update #14 for SQL Server 2022 RTM
  2. Security Update for SQL Server 2016 SP3 Azure Connect Feature Pack
  3. Security Update for SQL Server 2016 SP3 GDR
  4. Security Update for SQL Server 2017 RTM CU31
  5. Security Update for SQL Server 2017 RTM GDR
  6. Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM CU27
  7. Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM GDR
  8. Security Update for SQL Server 2022 RTM CU13
  9. Security Update for SQL Server 2022 RTM GDR
  10. Update: Security hotfix released for OLE DB driver for SQL Server
  11. Announcing SSMS 20.2 ... and getting feedback for SSMS 21

June 2024

  1. Announcing the Availability of adutil for RHEL 9 and Ubuntu 22.04 !
  2. Azure Arc enabled SQL Server - determine your Azure SQL target with ease and confidence
  3. Cumulative Update #27 for SQL Server 2019 RTM
  4. SQL Server 2022 is EAL 2 Common Criteria certified!
  5. SQL Server on Azure VMs: I/O analysis (preview)

May 2024

  1. Unlock power of data in Azure- With SQL Server on Linux Azure VMs and Azure AI search
  2. Cumulative Update #13 for SQL Server 2022 RTM
  3. SQL Server Always On Availability group on AKS with DH2i’s DxOperator and Rancher by SUSE
  4. All about SQL drivers and access tokens

April 2024

  1. Announcing GA of enhanced patching for SQL Server on Azure VM with Azure Update Manager
  2. Cumulative Update #26 for SQL Server 2019 RTM
  3. Security Update for SQL Server 2022 RTM CU12
  4. Security Update for SQL Server 2022 RTM
  5. Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM CU25
  6. Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM
  7. Update: Security hotfixes released for ODBC and OLE DB drivers for SQL Server
  8. Released: SCOM Management Pack for Azure SQL Managed Instance (7.4.0.0)

March 2024

  1. Enabling Azure Key Vault for SQL Server on Linux
  2. Upcoming changes for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) - Part 3
  3. Cumulative Update #12 for SQL Server 2022 RTM

February 2024

  1. Upcoming changes for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) - Part 2
  2. Azure Data Studio 1.48 is now available
  3. SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc, now assists in selecting the best Azure SQL target
  4. Released: SQL Server 3rd Party Backend for Django v1.4
  5. Microsoft Drivers 5.12 for PHP for SQL Server Released
  6. JDBC Driver 12.6 for SQL Server Released
  7. Upcoming changes for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) - Part 1
  8. Cumulative Update #25 for SQL Server 2019 RTM

January 2024

  1. Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 5.1.5
  2. Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 5.2 Preview 5
  3. Released: SCOM Management Packs for SQL Server, RS, AS (7.4.0.0)
  4. Cumulative Update #11 for SQL Server 2022 RTM
  5. Security Update for SQL Server 2022 RTM CU10
  6. Security Update for SQL Server 2022 RTM
  7. Released: Security updates for Microsoft.Data.SqlClient and System.Data.SqlClient

2023 102

December 2023

  1. Cumulative Update #24 for SQL Server 2019 RTM
  2. Arc enabled Azure migration & modernization journey
  3. Always on Availability Groups for SQL Server containers on Kubernetes - The DH2i's DxOperator way!!

November 2023

  1. SQL Server Cumulative Updates (CU) through the end of calendar year 2023
  2. SQL Server 2022 for RHEL 9 and Ubuntu 22.04 is now Generally Available (GA)
  3. Embracing SQL Server 2022 with SSDT 17.8: Unveiling Key Updates
  4. Azure Monitor SCOM MI: New SQL Server monitoring solution in Azure
  5. Cumulative Update #10 for SQL Server 2022 RTM
  6. The Bridge - How Azure Arc brings cloud innovation to SQL Server anywhere
  7. Microsoft at PASS Data Community Summit 2023!
  8. Azure Data Studio 1.47 is now available
  9. Deploying availability groups for SQL Server with HPE Serviceguard for Linux - The Ansible Way!!
  10. Entra Authentication for Replication in Arc-enabled SQL Server 2022 CU 12 in General Availability

October 2023

  1. Packed/Batched Transact-SQL (TSQL) RPC Invocation
  2. SQL Server 2022 Common Criteria EAL4 Certification
  3. Cumulative Update #23 for SQL Server 2019 RTM
  4. Cumulative Update #9 for SQL Server 2022 RTM
  5. Security Update for SQL Server 2022 RTM CU8
  6. Security Update for SQL Server 2022 RTM GDR
  7. Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM CU22
  8. Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM GDR
  9. Security Update for SQL Server 2017 RTM CU31
  10. Security Update for SQL Server 2017 RTM GDR
  11. Security Update for SQL Server 2016 SP3 Azure Connect Feature Pack GDR
  12. Security Update for SQL Server 2016 SP3 GDR
  13. Security Update for SQL Server 2014 SP3 CU4
  14. Security Update for SQL Server 2014 SP3 GDR
  15. Update: Hotfixes released for ODBC and OLE DB drivers for SQL Server
  16. SQL Server 2022 on SUSE Enterprise Linux v15 SP5 – Azure Marketplace image is now available!

September 2023

  1. Enterprise vs EnterpriseCore Edition for SQL Server on Linux production Workloads
  2. Azure Data Studio 1.46 and New Features
  3. Azure SQL Edge Update - September 2023
  4. Cumulative Update #8 for SQL Server 2022 RTM
  5. Hotfix: JDBC Driver 12.4.1 for SQL Server Released

August 2023

  1. Announcing General Availability of Azure Portal Experience to Deploy Multi-Subnet Availability Group
  2. Released : Public Preview of Azure Update Manager Integration with SQL Server on Linux Azure VM's
  3. Announcing public preview of enhanced patching for SQL Server on Azure VM with Azure Update Manager
  4. Delegating permission management using Roles vs WITH GRANT OPTION
  5. Cumulative Update #22 for SQL Server 2019 RTM
  6. SQL Server 2022 now available for both RHEL 9 and Ubuntu 22.04 in Preview mode
  7. Cumulative Update #7 for SQL Server 2022 RTM
  8. I/O optimizations for tempdb in SQL Server and Azure SQL
  9. Azure Data Studio 1.45 Release and Hotfix
  10. ODBC Driver 18.3 for SQL Server Released
  11. JDBC Driver 12.4 for SQL Server Released

July 2023

  1. Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 5.2 Preview 3
  2. Cumulative Update #6 for SQL Server 2022 RTM
  3. Released: SCOM Management Packs for SQL Server, RS, AS (7.2.0.0)
  4. Use sqlcmd to create and query a SQL Server container for development

June 2023

  1. SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 19.1 and Recent Changes, Part 3
  2. Cumulative Update #5 for SQL Server 2022 RTM
  3. Cumulative Update #21 for SQL Server 2019 RTM
  4. Update: Hotfixes released for ODBC and OLE DB drivers for SQL Server
  5. SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 19.1 and Recent Changes, Part 2
  6. Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 5.2 Preview 2
  7. SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 19.1 and Recent Changes, Part 1
  8. Early technical preview of JDBC Driver 12.3.1 for SQL Server released
  9. Released: SQL Server 3rd Party Backend for Django v1.3
  10. Parameter Sensitive Plan Optimization, Why?

May 2023

  1. Private preview announcement of native JSON type & JSON aggregates in Azure SQL Database
  2. Announcing Azure Data Studio 1.44
  3. Released: Latest Azure VM Marketplace images for SQL Server 2022, 2019 on Linux
  4. SLES 15 SP4 is now supported for SQL Server 2022 starting Cumulative Update 4
  5. Cumulative Update #4 for SQL Server 2022 RTM
  6. go-sqlcmd v1.0 - Create, Connect to, and Query SQL Server
  7. Released: Multiple Microsoft.Data.SqlClient Updates
  8. Early technical preview of JDBC Driver 12.3.0 for SQL Server released
  9. Upgrade SQL Server container with Always On availability groups configured on Kubernetes!

April 2023

  1. Cumulative Update #20 for SQL Server 2019 RTM
  2. Cumulative Update #3 for SQL Server 2022 RTM
  3. Announcing Azure Data Studio 1.43
  4. Announcement: New Features and changes to SQL IaaS Agent Extension
  5. Happy April Tools Day!

March 2023

  1. Updating SQL Server containers deployed on Kubernetes!
  2. Cumulative Update #2 for SQL Server 2022 RTM
  3. [Cross post] Top 25 most common SQL Server Engine Errors (MSSQLSERVER_XXXX)
  4. Microsoft Drivers 5.11 for PHP for SQL Server Released

February 2023

  1. Cumulative Update #1 for SQL Server 2022 RTM
  2. Cumulative Update #19 for SQL Server 2019 RTM
  3. Security Update for SQL Server 2022 RTM GDR
  4. Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM CU18
  5. Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM GDR
  6. Security Update for SQL Server 2017 RTM CU31
  7. Security Update for SQL Server 2017 RTM GDR
  8. Security Update for SQL Server 2016 SP3 Azure Connect Feature Pack GDR
  9. Security Update for SQL Server 2016 SP3 GDR
  10. Security Update for SQL Server 2014 SP3 CU4
  11. Security Update for SQL Server 2014 SP3 GDR
  12. OLE DB Driver 19.3 for SQL Server Released
  13. ODBC Driver 18.2 for SQL Server Released
  14. SQL Server on Azure VMs - the best price-performance gets even better!
  15. JDBC Driver 12.2 for SQL Server Released

January 2023

  1. Microsoft Drivers 5.11.0 Beta 1 for PHP for SQL Server Released
  2. SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 19.0 Released!
  3. HPE SGLX - The new Azure VM extension for SQL Server on Linux
  4. Released: General Availability of Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 5.1
  5. Best practices assessment -Arc-enabled SQL Server
  6. SQL Server containers on Kubernetes with S3-compatible object storage - Getting started
  7. Hotfix: JDBC Driver 10.2.3 for SQL Server Released
  8. Hotfix: JDBC Driver 11.2.3 for SQL Server Released
  9. Released: SCOM Management Packs for Azure SQL Database, SQL Server, RS, AS (7.0.42.0)
  10. Microsoft R Application Network usage & retirement

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December 2022

  1. What’s New in Visual Studio Extensions for SSAS and SSRS
  2. Hotfix: JDBC Driver 11.2.2 for SQL Server Released
  3. Released: Update to Microsoft OLE DB Driver 18 for SQL Server
  4. Hotfix: JDBC Driver 10.2.2 for SQL Server Released
  5. Trace Flag 8904 - Disable Inline Database Log Flushes
  6. Released: SQL Server 3rd Party Backend for Django v1.2
  7. Update: ODBC Driver 17.10.2 for SQL Server Released

November 2022

  1. New In SQL Server 2022 and Azure SQL: XEvent Performance Metrics
  2. Troubleshooting external data and access policies in Azure SQL and SQL Server
  3. Manage, secure, and govern your SQL Server estate from Azure
  4. Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 5.1 Preview 2
  5. Optimum performance for your data with SQL Server 2022
  6. Azure Data Studio and BDC Retirement
  7. Take the SQL Server Mac challenge
  8. Early technical preview of JDBC Driver 12.1.0 for SQL Server released
  9. Update: ODBC Driver 18.1.2 for SQL Server Released

October 2022

  1. OLE DB Driver 19.2 for SQL Server Released
  2. Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 5.1 Preview 1
  3. Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 5.0.1
  4. Modernize your data estate on SQL from cloud to edge
  5. SQL Server 2022 Release Candidate 1 is now available on Linux
  6. HADR_SYNC_COMMIT Wait Updates (In Progress)

September 2022

  1. SQL Server 2022 Release Candidate 1 is now available
  2. Cumulative Update #18 for SQL Server 2019 RTM
  3. dbcc dumptrigger: Capture a dump for specific error and state
  4. Microsoft SQL Server on Ubuntu pro-The preferred choice for deploying SQL Server on Ubuntu in Azure!
  5. Revamped SQL Permission system for Principle of Least Privilege and external policies – internals
  6. Ledger - Automatic digest upload for SQL Server without Azure connectivity
  7. Cumulative Update #31 for SQL Server 2017 RTM
  8. Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 2.1.5
  9. Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 4.0.2
  10. Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 4.1.1
  11. Hotfix: JDBC Driver 11.2.1 for SQL Server Released
  12. SQL Server 2022 Release Candidate 0 is now available on Linux
  13. Deploy Always On Availability Groups (AG) on SQL Server RHEL based Azure VMs - The Ansible Way!

August 2022

  1. Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 2.1.5
  2. HOW IT WORKS: dm_os_ring_buffer vs XEvent *_ring_buffer_reported events
  3. Updates to the modern servicing model for SQL Server 2017 and future versions of SQL Server on Linux
  4. SQL Server 2022 Release Candidate 0 is now available
  5. New granular permissions for SQL Server 2022 and Azure SQL to improve adherence with PoLP
  6. Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 3.1.1
  7. Cumulative Update #17 for SQL Server 2019 RTM
  8. JDBC Driver 11.2 for SQL Server Released
  9. ODBC Driver 18.1 for SQL Server Released
  10. Released: General Availability of Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 5.0

July 2022

  1. SQL Server 2022 community technology preview 2.1 is now available
  2. Cumulative Update #30 for SQL Server 2017 RTM
  3. Upcoming updates to SQL Server container images on Microsoft Artifact Registry aka (MCR)
  4. ODBC Driver 17.10 for SQL Server Released
  5. How to enable and run SQL best practices assessments on multiple SQL Servers on Azure VMs
  6. Released: SCOM Management Packs for SQL Server, RS, AS (7.0.38.0)

June 2022

  1. Early technical preview of JDBC Driver 11.1.2 for SQL Server released
  2. Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 5.0 Preview 3
  3. Hotfix: Microsoft Drivers 5.10.1 for PHP for SQL Server Released
  4. Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM CU16
  5. Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM GDR
  6. Security Update for SQL Server 2017 RTM CU29
  7. Security Update for SQL Server 2017 RTM GDR
  8. Security Update for SQL Server 2016 SP3 Azure Connect Feature Pack GDR
  9. Security Update for SQL Server 2016 SP3 GDR
  10. Security Update for SQL Server 2016 SP2 CU17
  11. Security Update for SQL Server 2016 SP2 GDR
  12. Security Update for SQL Server 2014 SP3 CU4
  13. Security Update for SQL Server 2014 SP3 GDR
  14. Temporal: Encountering Error 13535 Data modification failed on system-versioned table...
  15. Common Criteria EAL4 Certification for SQL19
  16. How It Works: Workers, Tasks, Failed Logins - What is my SQL Server Doing?
  17. SQL Server 2022 public preview is now available on Linux.

May 2022

  1. New server roles for SQL Server 2022 and Azure SQL Database in Public Preview
  2. Hotfix: JDBC Driver 10.2.1 for SQL Server Released

April 2022

  1. Spatial: WKT vs Static Geography Function Parameter Positioning Is Reversed
  2. Early technical preview of JDBC Driver 11.1.1 for SQL Server released
  3. How It Works: Temporary Objects - User Transaction Scope
  4. Cumulative Update #16 for SQL Server 2019 RTM
  5. Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 5.0 Preview 2
  6. SQL Server 2022 Early Adoption Program Update - Applications Now Closed
  7. Early technical preview of JDBC Driver 11.1.0 for SQL Server released
  8. Announcing general availability of the Ebdsv5 series Azure VMs!

March 2022

  1. Cumulative Update #29 for SQL Server 2017 RTM
  2. Configure MSDTC to run Distributed transactions for SQL Server Linux Containers on Azure Kubernetes
  3. GA: SQL best practices assessment for SQL Server on Azure VMs
  4. Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 5.0 Preview 1
  5. Capture a Call Stack Without Generating A Dump
  6. SQL 2016 – It Just Runs Faster: XEvent Linq Reader
  7. SQL 2016 – Leverages On Demand MSDTC Startup
  8. SQL 2016 – It Just Runs Faster: In-Memory Optimized Database Worker Pool
  9. SQL 2016 – It Just Runs Faster – AlwaysOn AES-NI Encryption
  10. SQL 2016 – It Just Runs Faster: AlwaysOn Parallel Compression / Improved Algorithms
  11. SQL 2016 – It Just Runs Faster: AlwaysOn Log Transport Reduced Context Switches
  12. SQL 2016 – It Just Runs Faster – BULK INSERT Uses Vector Instructions (SSE/AVX)
  13. SQL 2016 – It Just Runs Faster: Column Store Uses Vector Instructions (SSE/AVX)
  14. SQL 2016 – It Just Runs Faster: Multiple Log Writer Workers
  15. SQL 2016 – It Just Runs Faster: Larger Data File Writes
  16. SQL 2016 – It Just Runs Faster: Indirect Checkpoint Default
  17. SQL 2016 – It Just Runs Faster: SOS_RWLock Redesign
  18. SQL 2016 – It Just Runs Faster: Dynamic Memory Object (CMemThread) Partitioning
  19. SQL 2016 – It Just Runs Faster: Automatic Soft NUMA

February 2022

  1. SQL 2016 – It Just Runs Faster: Instant File Initialization
  2. SQL 2016 – It Just Runs Faster: LDF Stamped
  3. SQL 2016 – It Just Runs Faster: Automatic TEMPDB Configuration
  4. SQL 2016 – It Just Runs Faster: -T1117 and -T1118 changes for TEMPDB and user databases
  5. SQL 2016 – It Just Runs Faster: Spatial Index Builds Faster
  6. SQL 2016 – It Just Runs Faster: TVPs with Spatial Column(s)
  7. SQL 2016 – It Just Runs Faster: Native Spatial Implementation(s)
  8. SQL 2016 – It Just Runs Faster: DBCC Extended Checks
  9. SQL 2016 – It Just Runs Faster: DBCC Scales 7x Better
  10. How It Works: SQL Server 2016 SSE/AVX Support
  11. How It Works: How SQL Server Determines Logical and Physical Processors
  12. Unresolved Deadlock vs Scheduler Deadlock
  13. Does SQL Server 2016 Require Trace Flag -T8048?
  14. How it Works: XEL Health Session and Shutdown
  15. DBCC Trace Flags 2562 and 2549
  16. How It Works: Reader / Writer Synchronization
  17. How It Works: Session/SPID (–2) for DTC Transactions
  18. COLD, WARM, HOT … CLEAN, DIRTY, FREE … What Does All This Mean?
  19. How It Works: Sync IOs in nonpreemptive mode longer than 1000 ms
  20. Create Table – Disk vs In-Memory Optimized
  21. How It Works: How is SQL Server Error 833, 15 Sec I/O Detected
  22. How It Works: BULK INSERT (BCP) TDS Traffic
  23. How It Works (It Just Runs Faster): Non-Volatile Memory SQL Server Tail Of Log Caching on NVDIMM
  24. SQL Server on Linux: ELF and PE Images Just Work
  25. SQL Server on Linux: Debugging ELF and PE Images (dbgbridge)
  26. SQL Server on Linux: An LLDB Debugging Tale
  27. SQL Server on Linux: Scatter/Gather == Vectored I/O
  28. SQL Server On Linux: Core-minidumps and Breakpad
  29. How It Works: SQL Server Deadlock Trace Flag 1222 Output
  30. SQL Server Mysteries: The Case of the Suspended, Awaiting Command, and Blocked Session
  31. SQL Server Management Studio Provides–“XE Profiler”
  32. How It Works: SQL Server DTC (MSDTC and XA Transactions)
  33. SQL Server on Linux: Kerberos Troubleshooting, Hints and Tips and Hard Code Debugging
  34. SQL Server on Linux: CU4 – NewSequentialId() – Uuid
  35. SQL Server 2017 Improved Resource Usage On Smaller Machines
  36. SQL Server on Linux: Why Do I Have Two SQL Server Processes?
  37. SQL Server on Linux: How is Delete-On-Close Handled
  38. SQL Server Mysteries: The Case of the Dropped AD Group Login
  39. SQL MYSTERIES: Tracing BCP Might Fool You
  40. SQL Server Instant File Initialization: SetFileValidData (Windows) vs fallocate (Linux
  41. SQL Server On Linux: Forced Unit Access (Fua) Internals
  42. SQL Server Linux: fsync and Buffered I/O
  43. SQL Server Linux: Directory fsync Activities
  44. Viewing and Sorting XEvents Efficiently (Code Samples) – XEProfiler
  45. SQL Server Log Writer Workers
  46. SQL Mysteries: Causality tracking vs Event Sequence for XEvent Sessions
  47. Released: SCOM Management Pack for SQL Server (7.0.36.0)
  48. SQL Server on IoT Edge and Developer Machines – Smaller Footprint
  49. How It Works: SQL Server Lock Partitioning
  50. How It Works: SQL Server LOGIN_STATS (sys.dm_exec_sessions)
  51. How It Works: SQL Server Lock Iteration / Enumeration
  52. SQL Mysteries: Why is my SQL Server experiencing lots of 17830 (TCP 10054) errors?
  53. SQL Server: OS Error 665 (File System Limitation) and Linux
  54. SQL Server 2019 Many No Longer Capture Mini-Dump (SQLDump####.mdmp)
  55. Using SQLBCP Native/Format File vs Text File and the BOM
  56. SQL Server I/O Basics Chapter #1
  57. SQL Server I/O Basics Chapter #2
  58. OLE DB Driver 19.0 for SQL Server Released
  59. ODBC Driver 18.0 for SQL Server Released
  60. Using SQL Server’s SNITrace to Troubleshoot Networking Issues
  61. SQL Server BDC Hints and Tips: The node’s Journal can be your best friend
  62. SQL Server BDC Hints and Tips:​​ TEMPDB​​ Disk Usage
  63. SQL Server BDC Hints and Tips: Changing Grafana/Kibana Display Time Zone
  64. SQL Server dbcc clonedatabase​​ -​​ Gotch
  65. SQL Server BDC Hints and Tips: VDI Seeding for High Availability
  66. SQL Server BDC Hints and Tips: Contained AGs, Ports, containedag_msdb, logs, …
  67. How It Works: TSQL TRY/CATCH Behavior Fooled Me
  68. SQL Server On Linux: Logger.ini Size and Rollover Additions to SQL Server 2019 CU4
  69. How It Works: SQL Server Locking WAIT_WITH_LOW_PRIORITY
  70. How It Works: Bulk Insert (BCP.exe) – Injecting a Sort Operation
  71. SQL Mysteries: Why am I​​ Still Seeing 17830​​ Errors?
  72. HOW IT WORKS: SQL Server Scheduler Affinity
  73. How It Works: SQL Server Stack Trace – COMDAT Elimination
  74. How It Works: XEvent String Comparison Performance Tip
  75. JDBC Driver 10.2 for SQL Server Released

January 2022

  1. Microsoft Drivers 5.10 for PHP for SQL Server Released
  2. Cumulative Update #15 for SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters
  3. Cumulative Update #15 for SQL Server 2019 RTM
  4. Negative Blocking Session Ids (-5 = Latch ANY TASK RELEASOR)
  5. Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 4.0.1
  6. Cumulative Update #28 for SQL Server 2017 RTM

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December 2021

  1. Early technical preview of JDBC Driver 10.1.0 for SQL Server released
  2. Released: SCOM Management Packs for SQL Server, RS, AS, Azure SQL Managed Instance (7.0.34.0)
  3. Guidance on Apache Log4j Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  4. Announcing new features for the SQL IaaS Agent Extension!
  5. Released: Update to Microsoft OLE DB Driver 18 for SQL Server
  6. How to create Linked server from SQL Server to Azure SQL Database
  7. Hotfix: JDBC Driver 9.4.1 for SQL Server Released
  8. Released: SQL Server 3rd Party Backend for Django v1.1
  9. Released: Public Preview for SQL Server Management Packs (7.0.33.0)
  10. Microsoft Drivers 5.10.0 Beta 2 for PHP for SQL Server Released

November 2021

  1. Cumulative Update #14 for SQL Server 2019 RTM
  2. Released: General Availability of Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 4.0
  3. Early technical preview of JDBC Driver 9.5.0 for SQL Server released
  4. SQL Server on Azure VM - Now with 30% better price-performance on the new Ebdsv5 VM series!
  5. Preview: SQL Assessment for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
  6. Announcing SQL Server on Ubuntu Pro in Azure Virtual Machines
  7. Announcing the SQL Server 2022 Early Adoption Program

October 2021

  1. Cumulative Update #27 for SQL Server 2017 RTM
  2. Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 4.0 Preview 3
  3. SQL Server and Microsoft Purview work better together
  4. Replication Enhancements in the SQL Server 2019 CU13 Release
  5. Cumulative Update #13 for SQL Server 2019 RTM
  6. Announcing GA of adutil-A tool to ease configuration of AD authentication for SQL on Linux/Container

September 2021

  1. Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 3.0.1
  2. Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 4.0 Preview 2
  3. Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 2.1.4
  4. SQL Server 2016 SP3: Last Service Pack for SQL Server
  5. Cumulative Update #26 for SQL Server 2017 RTM
  6. AD(Active Directory) authentication for SQL Containers on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  7. Microsoft Drivers 5.10.0 Beta 1 for PHP for SQL Server Released
  8. SQLIOSim utility now available for Linux

August 2021

  1. Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 4.0 Preview 1
  2. SQL Server 3rd Party Backend for Django v1.0 Released
  3. Near real-time monitoring of SQL Server Linux/containers using Telegraf-InfluxDB and Grafana
  4. JDBC Driver 9.4 for SQL Server Released
  5. Cumulative Update #12 for SQL Server 2019 RTM

July 2021

  1. ODBC Driver 17.8 for SQL Server Released
  2. Deploy SQL Server – The Ansible way!
  3. Azure Defender for SQL is now available on the SQL Virtual Machine blade.
  4. Cumulative Update #25 for SQL Server 2017 RTM
  5. Update- Beta program for SQL Server on Windows container is suspended.

June 2021

  1. Released: SCOM Management Packs for SQL Server, Reporting Services, Analysis Services (7.0.32.0)
  2. Released: Update to Microsoft OLE DB Driver 18 for SQL Server
  3. SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 3 release schedule update
  4. Cumulative Update #11 for SQL Server 2019 RTM
  5. Released: General Availability of Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 3.0
  6. Released: Public Preview for SQL Server Management Packs (7.0.31.0)

May 2021

  1. Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 2.1.3
  2. Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 3.0 Preview 3
  3. Cumulative Update #24 for SQL Server 2017 RTM

April 2021

  1. Early technical preview of JDBC Driver 9.3.1 for SQL Server released
  2. Inference of ML Models in SQL Server via External Languages
  3. Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 3.0 Preview 2
  4. SQL Server 2019 on Ubuntu 20.04,python2 dependency removed for SQL Server 2019 across distributions.
  5. Cumulative Update #10 for SQL Server 2019 RTM

March 2021

  1. Early technical preview of JDBC Driver 9.3.0 for SQL Server released
  2. Cumulative Update #17 for SQL Server 2016 SP2
  3. How to get the biggest bang for your buck with SQL Server on Azure VMs
  4. Configure SQL Server AG (Read-Scale) for SQL Containers deployed on Kubernetes using Helm
  5. Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 3.0 Preview 1
  6. Update: ODBC Driver 17.7.2 for SQL Server Released
  7. Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 1.1.4
  8. Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 2.1.2
  9. Hotfix: JDBC Driver 9.2.1 for SQL Server Released

February 2021

  1. Cumulative Update #23 for SQL Server 2017 RTM
  2. SQL Server Always on Availability Group Scalability Experiment and Result on Azure VM
  3. Watch and learn about SQL Assessment API and SQL Assessment Extension
  4. Cumulative Update #9 for SQL Server 2019 RTM
  5. Cumulative Update #16 for SQL Server 2016 SP2
  6. Intro into security principles in the context of database systems

January 2021

  1. JDBC Driver 9.2 for SQL Server Released
  2. Microsoft Drivers 5.9.0 for PHP for SQL Server Released
  3. ODBC Driver 17.7 for SQL Server Released
  4. Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM CU8
  5. Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM GDR
  6. Security Update for SQL Server 2017 RTM CU22
  7. Security Update for SQL Server 2017 RTM GDR
  8. Security Update for SQL Server 2016 SP2 CU15
  9. Security Update for SQL Server 2016 SP2 GDR
  10. Security Update for SQL Server 2014 SP3 CU4
  11. Security Update for SQL Server 2014 SP3 GDR
  12. Security Update for SQL Server 2012 SP4
  13. Deploy SQL Server on Azure Kubernetes Service cluster via Helm Charts - on a windows client machine!
  14. Released: SSRS and SSAS Management Packs (7.0.29.0)

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December 2020

  1. Released: SQL Server Replication Management Pack (7.0.28.0)
  2. Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 2.1.1
  3. Introducing adutil - A tool to ease configuration of AD authentication for SQL on Linux/Containers
  4. How to Automate Disaster Recovery in SQL Server On-Prem | Data Exposed: MVP Edition
  5. SQL Server Big Data Clusters CU8 release surfaces Encryption at Rest capabilities and more
  6. Early technical preview of JDBC Driver 9.1.1 for SQL Server released
  7. Logging Schema-changes in a Database using DDL Trigger
  8. Microsoft Drivers 5.9.0 Preview/Beta 2 for PHP for SQL Server Released
  9. Released: Update to Microsoft OLE DB Driver 18 for SQL Server
  10. Released: Public Preview for SQL Server Analysis Services Management Pack
  11. Released: Public Preview for SQL Server Replication Management Pack (7.0.27.0)

November 2020

  1. SQL Server Cumulative Updates (CU) through the end of calendar year 2020
  2. Released: General Availability of Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 2.1
  3. What is Azure Arc Enabled SQL Managed Instance | Data Exposed
  4. Announcing Azure Marketplace images for SQL Server Analysis Services 2019 virtual machines!
  5. What is Azure Arc Enabled PostgreSQL Hyperscale? | Data Exposed

October 2020

  1. Understanding Azure Arc Enabled SQL Server | Data Exposed
  2. Common Criteria Certification for SQL Server 2019
  3. Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 2.1 Preview 2
  4. Released: Azure SQL DB Management Pack (7.0.26.0)
  5. Released: Support for Distributed Network Names (DNN) Listeners for Always On Availability Groups
  6. How to Deploy Azure Arc Data Services Anywhere | Data Exposed
  7. Early technical preview of JDBC Driver 9.1.0 for SQL Server released
  8. Azure SQL VM Automatic Registration and Reporting Services Images
  9. Microsoft Drivers 5.9.0 Preview 1 for PHP for SQL Server Released
  10. Cumulative Update #8 for SQL Server 2019 RTM

September 2020

  1. Making sense of Azure and Azure Arc deployment options for SQL Server
  2. Cumulative Update #15 for SQL Server 2016 SP2
  3. Released: Public preview of Azure Arc enabled SQL Server
  4. Rehost your SQL Server to Azure Virtual Machines for manageability and cost optimization
  5. Cumulative Update #22 for SQL Server 2017 RTM
  6. Released: Public Preview for Azure SQL DB Management Pack Update (7.0.25.0)
  7. Cumulative Update #7 for SQL Server 2019 RTM (Removed)

August 2020

  1. Hotfix: JDBC Driver 8.4.1 for SQL Server Released
  2. Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 2.0.1
  3. Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 2.1 Preview 1
  4. Released: SQL Server Management Pack (7.0.24.0)
  5. Changes to KB articles used for Cumulative Updates
  6. Cumulative Update #14 for SQL Server 2016 SP2
  7. Cumulative Update #6 for SQL Server 2019 RTM
  8. JDBC Driver 8.4 for SQL Server Released

July 2020

  1. ODBC Driver 17.6 for SQL Server Released
  2. Exploring Azure SQL Managed Instance Management Pack
  3. What is MaxDOP controlling?
  4. Lift and Shift Always On SQL Server Failover Cluster Instance (SQL FCI) to Azure VMs
  5. Released: Azure SQL Managed Instance Management Pack (7.0.22.0)
  6. Released: Preview of Azure Arc enabled SQL Server
  7. Cumulative Update #21 for SQL Server 2017 RTM
  8. It just works - Backup compression on TDE databases

June 2020

  1. Released: Public Preview for SQL Server Management Pack (7.0.23.0)
  2. Released: SSRS and SSAS Management Packs now monitoring 2012 and up (7.0.22.0)
  3. Cumulative Update #5 for SQL Server 2019 RTM
  4. Released: SQL Server Assessment Extension for Azure Data Studio (Public Preview)
  5. Released: General Availability of Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 2.0
  6. Released: Update to Microsoft OLE DB Driver 18 for SQL Server

May 2020

  1. Cumulative Update #13 for SQL Server 2016 SP2
  2. Intro - SQL Server Transparent Data Encryption and Extensible Key Management Using Azure Key Vault
  3. Part 1 - SQL Server TDE and Extensible Key Management Using Azure Key Vault
  4. Part 2 (PowerShell) - SQL Server TDE and Extensible Key Management Using Azure Key Vault
  5. Part 2 (Portal) - SQL Server TDE and Extensible Key Management Using Azure Key Vault
  6. Part 3 (Portal) - SQL Server TDE and Extensible Key Management Using Azure Key Vault
  7. Part 4 - SQL Server TDE and Extensible Key Management Using Azure Key Vault
  8. Early technical preview of JDBC Driver 8.3.1 for SQL Server released
  9. Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 2.0 Preview 4
  10. Meeting the demands of IoT edge data & compute - Azure SQL Edge now available in preview.
  11. Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 1.1.3
  12. Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 2.0 Preview 3

April 2020

  1. Released: Public Preview for Azure SQL Database Managed Instance Management Pack (7.0.21.0)
  2. Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 1.1.2
  3. Hotfix Release: Microsoft Drivers 5.8.1 for PHP for SQL Server
  4. SQL Server 2017 adds support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and Ubuntu 18.04
  5. Cumulative Update #20 for SQL Server 2017 RTM
  6. Early technical preview of JDBC Driver 8.3.0 for SQL Server released

March 2020

  1. Cumulative Update #4 for SQL Server 2019 RTM
  2. SQL Server 2019 images with current Linux distribution support available in Azure marketplace
  3. Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 2.0 Preview 2
  4. Hotfix: JDBC Driver 8.2.2 for SQL Server Released
  5. SQL Server 2019 now available on Ubuntu 18.04, supported on SLES 12 SP5
  6. Cumulative Update #3 for SQL Server 2019 RTM
  7. Update: ODBC Driver 17.5.2 for SQL Server Released
  8. SQL Server Licensing: High Availability and Disaster Recovery benefits

February 2020

  1. Hotfix: JDBC Driver 8.2.1 for SQL Server Released
  2. Cumulative Update #12 for SQL Server 2016 SP2
  3. Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 1.1.1
  4. Cumulative Update #2 for SQL Server 2019 RTM
  5. Security Update for SQL Server 2016 SP2 CU11
  6. Security Update for SQL Server 2016 SP2 GDR
  7. Security Update for SQL Server 2014 SP3 CU4
  8. Security Update for SQL Server 2014 SP3 GDR
  9. Security Update for SQL Server 2012 SP4
  10. Cumulative Update #19 for SQL Server 2017 RTM
  11. ODBC Driver 17.5 for SQL Server Released
  12. Microsoft Drivers 5.8.0 for PHP for SQL Server Released
  13. JDBC Driver 8.2 for SQL Server Released

January 2020

  1. Optimize TCO with new SQL Server Software Assurance Benefits for Disaster Recovery
  2. Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 2.0 Preview 1
  3. Released: update for Kerberos Configuration Manager for SQL Server
  4. Azure SQL Edge - Private Preview
  5. SQL Server 2019 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 now Generally Available
  6. Cumulative Update #1 for SQL Server 2019 RTM
  7. Updated process of configuring AD integrated authentication for SQL Server on Linux

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