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BREAKING NEWS!

Announcing Cosmos DB in Microsoft Fabric Featuring New Capabilities! (Preview) | Microsoft Fabric Blog | Microsoft Fabric The Preview of Cosmos DB in Microsoft Fabric, is now available to all users. Following its initial announcement at Microsoft Build 2025, several new capabilities have been added to improve data workfl...

The Preview of #CosmosDB in #MicrosoftFabric, is now available to all users.

blog.fabric.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/a...

Yes, looking forward to GA! :)

Unlocking More Power with Flexible Memory in Azure SQL Managed Instance | Microsoft Community Hub As data workloads grow in complexity and scale, so does the need for more adaptable and performant database infrastructure. That’s why we’re excited to...

Flexible memory: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azuresq...

Faster management operations: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azuresq...

What's new ✨ in #AzureSQL #ManagedInstance?

GA of Zone Redundancy for GP tier!

Also, flexible memory, faster management operations, support for vectors and more! Presented and demoed in #SQLBits keynote today 🙌

#SQLMI #SQL #database #Azure #SQLBits2025

#AzureSQL #ManagedInstance Demo Party session at #SQLBits!
Nikola Zagorac, Djordje Jeremic and Uros Milanovic demoing the new capabilities of #SQLMI!

Where you there? :)

#SQL #SQLBits2025 #Demo #Database

Bob Ward and Muazma Zahid presenting and demoing Change event streaming, a new capability of #SQLServer2025 at #MSBuild!

Learn more at 👉 aka.ms/sql-ces

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Besides they Keynote, to anyone interested in #AzureSQL, #SQL, #databases, I recommend sesson
"What's New in Microsoft Databases: Empowering AI-Driven App Dev"

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You can register and watch online #MSBuild keynote and sessions for free.
The conference starts today!

aka.ms/msbuild

SQLDay 2025 SQLDay is the largest CEE conference focused on Microsoft Data Platform – databases, Big Data, Business Intelligence and advanced data analysis

Looking forward to SQL Day 2025 in Poland.

Strahinja Rodic and I will deliver a session called:
"SQL database in Microsoft Fabric head-to-head with Azure SQL"

Hope to see you in Wroclaw!
#sqlday #sqlday2025

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Stream data changes from Azure SQL Managed Instance and Azure SQL Database – private preview of CES | Microsoft Community Hub We’re excited to share that Change Event Streaming (CES) - the capability to stream data changes directly from your SQL into Azure Event Hubs - is now also...

🆕Stream data changes from #SQLMI or #SQLDB into Azure Event Hubs with new capability called Change Event Streaming.

You can apply for private preview now and start testing this week!

👉Details in the blog post: aka.ms/sql-ces

#AzureSQL #ManagedInstance #SQLServer

Managed Instance link with SQL Server 2017 is now GA | Microsoft Community Hub We are announcing the general availability of Managed Instance link feature with SQL Server 2017, which enables near-real time data replication from SQL...

Replicate your databases in near real-time from SQL Server 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2022 to #AzureSQL #ManagedInstance.

No SQL left behind!

techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azuresq...

Native Windows principals for Azure SQL Managed Instance are now generally available | Microsoft Community Hub Today we’re announcing the general availability for Native Windows Principals for Azure SQL Managed Instance. This capability simplifies the migration to...

GA of Native Windows principals for #AzureSQL #ManagedInstance!
This capability simplifies the migration to #SQLMI and unblocks the migration of applications that are tied to windows logins.

techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azuresq...

Native Windows principals for Azure SQL Managed Instance are now generally available | Microsoft Community Hub Today we’re announcing the general availability for Native Windows Principals for Azure SQL Managed Instance. This capability simplifies the migration to...

Native Windows principals for #AzureSQL #ManagedInstance are now generally available!

#SQLMI

techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azuresq...

When to Choose Zone Redundancy in Azure SQL Managed Instance | Microsoft Community Hub High availability is a critical requirement for modern cloud applications. Azure SQL Managed Instance (SQL MI) offers Zone Redundancy (ZR) for...

When to choose ZR for #SQLMI?

#AzureSQL #ManagedInstance

techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azuresq...

Precon alert @ #SQLKonferenz 2025 😍

Learn how to create reports that matter with @valeriejunk.bsky.social, Lonneke and me! 📊

🎟️ Code: SP25PR for 50/100/150 discount on precon/maincon/fullcon

See you there! 🙌

#DataViz #DataStorytelling #accessibility

Polishing our materials for #SQLKonferenz2025 #PreCon #Workshop “Become an AzureSQL Datamonster”

See you soon in Hanau!

#AzureSQL #SQLKonferenz

P.S. I love my popup standing desk :)

YouTube video by Tales From The Field How to get 10 FREE Azure SQL Databases!

What's better than one free #AzureSQL DB? How about 10 FREE #AzureSQL DB's!! @dbabulldog.bsky.social gives us the info!

Link: youtu.be/QSK5KQv3R6s

cc @sqlballs.bsky.social @joshluedeman.bsky.social @neerajny.bsky.social @bradleyschacht.bsky.social

YouTube video by IBM Technology DeepSeek facts vs hype, model distillation, and open source competition

Interesting explanations and interpretations on recent DeepSeek related events from IBM

youtu.be/jC0MGFDawWg

Replication backward compatibility - SQL Server Review these resources for backward compatibility in replication before you upgrade or if you have several versions of SQL Server in a replication topology.

[docs] Updated your favorite Transactional Replication version compatibility with the details on compatibility with #Azure #SQLDB & #Azure #SQLMI (all update policies):
Kudos to @sasapopovicsql.bsky.social and team:
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/re...
#azuresql #sqldb #sqlmi #replication

If you're interested in #AzureSQL and #FabricMirroring, several #SQLKonferenz2025 sessions will be covering these topics, including 2 that I will be (co-)delivering.

You can use discount code SP25PR for Precon/Maincon/Fullcon at shop.sqlkonferenz.de

See you in Hanau!

SQL Konferenz SQL Konferenz 2025: Feb 24–26 in Hanau. Join expert sessions, PreCon workshops, and network with top SQL professionals.

Excited to share that I'll be speaking at SQL Konferenz 2025 in Hanau! Join me on February 25th for a session on "Confidential computing with Always Encrypted using enclaves." Use discount code SP25PR for a special reduction on your registration. See you there!

sqlkonferenz.de

Classic concrete Stockholm lion statue, with a pink tounge.

Some absolute genius has put 3D printed tounges on a couple of the lion statues in Stockholm. I’m loving it.

Stream data changes from Azure SQL Database - a call for Private Preview of Change Event Streaming | Microsoft Community Hub In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, modern, flexible and real-time data integration from various sources has become more important than ever....

💡 Interested in streaming ▶️ data changes directly from SQL?
Join our 🆕 private preview!

techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azuresq...

Stream data changes from Azure SQL Database - a call for Private Preview of Change Event Streaming | Microsoft Community Hub In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, modern, flexible and real-time data integration from various sources has become more important than ever....

[announcement] Stream data changes from Azure SQL Database - a call for Private Preview of Change Event Streaming by @sasapopovicsql.bsky.social :

techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azuresq...

Kudos to Petar Kovacev & the team for pushing this one through!

#azuresql #sqldb

SQL Konferenz 2025 Feb. 24th – 26th, 2025

At #SQLKonferenz, Des FitzGerald, @Pieter_Vanhove, @SasaPopovicMSFT & me are delivering a workshop & several conference sessions covering various aspects of #AzureSQL & #SQLServer.
Join us at #SQLKonferenz, with a discount "SP25PR" you can use at shop.sqlkonferenz.de !

Legend was discontinued, but but all hope is not lost.

www.wired.com/gallery/ces-...

Hello! Des, Niko, Pieter and I will be delivering a pre-con workshop and several sessions covering various aspects of #AzureSQL.

If you're considering #SQLKonferenz, there's a discount code SP25PR you can use at shop.sqlkonferenz.de.

See you in Hanau! #SQLKonferenz2025

Data Saturday Slovenia 2024 was a blast. Great time, great speakers and finally amazing to be back in person.
datasaturdays.com/Event/202412...

Thanks to all the speakers (tag more people who are on Bluesky): @spaghettidba.bsky.social @prathy.bsky.social @robsewell.com @sasapopovicsql.bsky.social

The presentation we've used for our #DataSatSlo session on #AzureSQL, #SQLServer, #MicrosoftFabric, #FabricMirroring, #FabricDatabases is available for download 👇

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