June 12, 2026
[Azure Updates] SQL MCP Server is now generally available, giving customers a secure, high-performance way to build agentic solutions with controlled access to production data. Built […]
June 11, 2026
[Azure Updates] Microsoft Entra server principals (logins) for Azure SQL Database is now generally available. You can now use CREATE LOGIN … FROM EXTERNAL PROVIDER in […]
June 3, 2026
[Azure Updates] In early June 2026, the following update and enhancement was made to Azure SQL: Now you can use AES 256 symmetric keys to configure […]
June 3, 2026
[Azure Updates] The MSSQL extension for Visual Studio Code now introduces Azure SQL Database provisioning in public preview, starting with the free tier so you can […]
June 3, 2026
[Azure Updates] The GitHub Copilot integration with Schema Designer is now generally available in the MSSQL extension for Visual Studio Code, expanding the visual schema design […]
June 3, 2026
[Azure Updates] In June 2026, the following updates and enhancements were made to Azure SQL: Execute SQL queries, document with Markdown, and mix kernels like Python […]
June 3, 2026
[Azure Updates] The MSSQL extension for Visual Studio Code now offers data API builder with built-in GitHub Copilot integration as generally available, bringing guided back-end generation […]
March 27, 2026
[Azure Updates] In late-March 2026, the following updates and enhancements were made to Azure SQL: Configure built-in SQL code analysis rules and severity settings without editing […]
March 26, 2026
[Azure Updates] You can now stream row‑level data changes—inserts, updates, and deletes—from Azure SQL Managed Instance to Azure Event Hubs in near real time with change […]
March 21, 2026
[Azure Updates] In mid-March 2026, the following updates and enhancements were made to Azure SQL: Reduce the consumption of storage space, I/O, and memory and improve […]
March 21, 2026
[Azure Updates] Starting March 31, 2027 Elastic query using Shard_Map_Manager external data source type reaches end of support.Existing workloads can continue to run using Azure SQL […]
March 19, 2026
[Azure Updates] In mid-March 2026, the following updates and enhancements were made to Azure SQL: Publish SQL database projects directly from Visual Studio Code to streamline […]