Azure SQL Devs’ Corner

Similarity Search with FAISS and Azure SQL

August 1, 2024 Aug 1, 2024 08/1/24

Muazma Zahid

In today’s data-driven world, finding similar items within large datasets is a common challenge. Whether it’s recommending products, identifying similar documents, or clustering data points, efficient similarity search is crucial. This blog post will explore how to leverage FAISS (Facebook AI Similarity Search) and Azure SQL to perform ...

Building Course Registration Project with Azure SQL Database

June 11, 2024 Jun 11, 2024 06/11/24

Anagha Todalbagi, Kendall Hoffman

This semester long project was completed by Master's students at Cornell University with mentorship from the Azure SQL database product team at Microsoft.   Project Mission The purpose of this project is to design a high-fidelity university course registration system utilizing Microsoft Azure cloud services. Our target audience ...

Unleashing the Potential of Generative AI in Azure SQL Database

June 4, 2024 Jun 4, 2024 06/4/24

Sanjay Mishra

Generative AI is not just a technological advancement; it's a paradigm shift that is redefining the landscape of customer interaction. Azure SQL Database stands at the forefront of this revolution, offering unparalleled opportunities to harness the power of "your data" in crafting state-of-the-art applications. As we stand at the cusp of an...

Announcing UNISTR and || operator in Azure SQL Database – preview

June 4, 2024 Jun 4, 2024 06/4/24

Abhiman Tiwari

We are excited to announce that the UNISTR intrinsic function and ANSI SQL concatenation operator (||) are now available in public preview in Azure SQL Database. The UNISTR function allows you to escape Unicode characters, making it easier to work with international text. The ANSI SQL concatenation operator (||) provides a simple and intuitive...

Announcing EAP for Vector Support in Azure SQL Database

May 21, 2024 May 21, 2024 05/21/24

Pooja Kamath, Davide Mauri

(image) We are super excited to announce the Early Adopter Preview of Native Vector Support in Azure SQL Database and are currently accepting requests from customers who wish to participate. SQL beyond RDBMS Vector databases have gained a lot of prominence lately. These specialized repositories handle vector data, crucial for ...

What’s a Vector Anyway?

May 21, 2024 May 21, 2024 05/21/24

Buck Woody

It's a bit of an understatement to say that Artificial Intelligence (AI), and specifically Generative AI, is at the top of every announcement, news feed, article and discussion lately. Not just in technology, but everywhere. There are a lot of things you to learn to understand not just how to use AI, but how it works. One of those things is ...

Coding at the Speed of Innovation: AI and more with Azure SQL Database

May 17, 2024 May 17, 2024 05/17/24

Asad Khan

As Build 2024 approaches, the Azure SQL Database team is preparing a great line-up of product announcements. Innovation continues to be a big theme as we prepare to showcase exciting experiences powered by SQL data and generative AI. The ideal starting point for the new generation of AI-ready SQL apps is Azure SQL Database, the fully managed ...

Data API builder becomes Generally Available

May 15, 2024 May 15, 2024 05/15/24

Jerry Nixon

Announcing Data API builder General Availability On May 15th, Data API builder becomes Generally Available. Data API builder for Azure SQL Databases – Generally Available (image) It’s been a long road, getting from there to here. Nearly three years ago, Data API builder began as just a dream. How can we reduce the friction for ...

Private Preview for External REST Endpoint Invocation with Azure SQL Managed Instance

April 22, 2024 Apr 22, 2024 04/22/24

Brian Spendolini

We have an exciting opportunity for customers and partners to use External REST Endpoint Invocation with Azure SQL Managed Instance in a private preview. What is Azure SQL Managed Instance? Azure SQL Managed Instance is a PaaS service that has near 100% compatibility with the latest Enterprise Edition SQL Server database engine, providing a ...

Data API builder Version 0.11 Brings In-Memory Caching

April 18, 2024 Apr 18, 2024 04/18/24

Jerry Nixon

Literally, I just said that! I have three daughters, and it's amazing how they ask me the same questions over and over. I don't mind answering them, but I sure wish they would either remember my answer or, at least, write it down. There's a measurable cognitive load with the context switching and staying consistent in my answers. And that's a ...