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Introducing a new cloud billing option for SQL Server customers, providing pay-as-you-go flexibility across on-premises and cloud environments. License by vCore [4]New Allows customers to elect to ...

This is an example script for creating an EXTERNAL TABLE with various file formats. This script is an example of the usage of various file formats such as Parquet, DELTA, CSV, JSON, ORC, and more. See ...

Around the time you receive your patient billing statement, you will also receive an explanation of benefits (EOB) from your insurance provider. An explanation of benefits is a document that explains ...

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 ...

In announcing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 21 Preview 1 this week, Microsoft revealed Copilot AI for the tool is also being previewed, privately. A Copilot for the tool that helps users manage, ...

Ahead of Microsoft Build (and a possible SQL Server announcement), let's break down what we know and speculate about what we don't. One topic that has come up in several conversations with customers ...

I was never a big fan of former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara (one of the architects of the Vietnam War), but on one matter I thought he was dead right: He always felt a primary ...

An SQL subquery is a query nested within another query, enabling you to execute complex operations by breaking them down into smaller, more manageable components. These subqueries can appear in ...

I promise this post will connect back to an overarching theme. But for now, I want to show how you can take a SQL query and use that in combination with the ORDS REST-Enabled SQL Service to request ...