SQL Server 2025 gives developers new ways to work with text, JSON, real-time data changes and AI-ready vector data. Microsoft MVP Leonard Lobel explains why he considers it the most significant SQL ...

JSON has stolen some of XML's thunder with features such as human and machine readability, a lightweight, compact text structure and support for many software and hardware platforms. JSON (JavaScript ...

Change Event Streaming (CES) in SQL Server 2025 and Azure SQL enables event-driven architectures by streaming JSON records from table activity to Azure Event Hub, with Entra support now available in ...

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Ahead of Microsoft Build (and a possible SQL Server announcement), let's break down what we know and speculate about what we don't. One topic that has come up in several conversations with customers ...