SQL Server 2025 for Architects: The Vector Type and Native JSON

SQL Server 2025 vector and json types as observed at CU4: the types and exact search work with no switch; the vector index, VECTOR_SEARCH and float16 need PREVIEW_FEATURES

What the SQL Server 2025 vector and json types do when you run them: exact and approximate search, what still needs the preview switch, what an index costs on writes, and when one engine is enough. Every result comes from the container image in a CI pipeline.

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Azure in China

Microsoft Azure presence in China is always a question when there is a need for any customer to deploy azure applications specifically for Chinese Regional customers. Recently I had an interaction with a Microsoft Certified Trainer, who carelessly said Azure only uses Chinese partner based environment is only for serving CDN (Content Delivery Network) needs, […]

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Visual Studio 2015 – ctp6

Microsoft today has released Visual Studio 2015 Community Technology Preview 6 (CTP 6), which includes some new features and improvements, such as new UI debugging tools for XAML, new Control Flow Guard security tool, and feature updates to ASP.NET framework. For more information about what’s new in this release, please see the release notes. Visual Studio 2015 […]

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Visual Studio 2013 – Update 2 is available

Microsoft has released the latest update for Visual Studio 2013 with major improvements including support for developing Universal apps for Windows 8.x, Win Phone, and XBOX. Here are the list of improvements included as part of the release(lending from Visual Studio team blog): Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 has many new capabilities as well as […]

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My Hands On with –Windows 8 Consumer Preview, Visual Studio 11 and SQL Server 2012

Recent days there has been some amazing releases by Microsoft such as long awaited Windows 8 Consumer Preview with lots of changes since Windows 8 Developer Preview. Windows 8™ is latest operating system by Microsoft – is mainly targeting Tablet and touch enabled devices which can hold the windows 8 operating system. Windows 8 consumer […]

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