Microsoft’s monthly update included 206 fixes for flaws in everything from Windows to Office to Exchange Server, not to mention three zero-days.

Microsoft shipped SQL Server Management Studio 22.7.0 on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, in what the team called one of the bigger point releases in the 22.x cycle. Database developers who have spent years ...

A 34-vote social media poll showed 44.1 percent support for adding more database tooling options to Visual Studio, with 41.2 percent opposed and 14.7 percent choosing "Either way." Several responses ...

It’s time to switch to a new development tool for SQL Server and Azure SQL. Here’s how to get started with the MSSQL extension for Visual Studio Code. Microsoft recently ended support for Azure Data ...

Hello everyone, and welcome to the inaugural edition of the Microsoft SQL Newsletter. You may recognize me from my work alongside Niko Carvalho Neugebauer on the Azure SQL Managed Instance Newsletter.

In addition to rolling out patches to address two zero-days affecting SQL Server and .NET, Microsoft introduced Common Log File System hardening with signature verification. The team at Readiness each ...

Publish-DacPac allows you to deploy a SQL Server Database DacPac to an on-premise SQL Server instance using a DAC Publish Profile. SSDT (SQL Server Data Tools) is Microsoft's tool to design the entire ...

Microsoft has released C# 14 and .NET 10, a long-term support version, along with a bunch of related products including Visual Studio 2026 and Aspire 13. Copilot Free is included but devs will soon ...

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Visual Studio & SSMS 22 extension, standalone app and command line tools, for managing all aspects of your SQL Server Compact/SQLite database files' data and schema, including generation of code, ...

Microsoft unveiled .NET Aspire at the Build 2024 developer conference, describing it as an opinionated, cloud-ready stack for building observable, production ready, distributed, cloud-native ...

At today's kickoff for Microsoft Ignite, the company announced that SQL Server 2025 is finally coming. No timing was announced for the release, but based on prior versions, I would expect to see a ...