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With the official release of Microsoft's latest database offering, let's see what was improved and what still needs some work. Today, at Ignite, Microsoft announced the general availability of SQL ...

Note: JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS is NOT set globally to avoid affecting other Java tools (javac, maven, gradle). Instead, it's set only when you run the debugjava command. When you run debugjava, the wrapper ...

Microsoft this week released 175 updates affecting Windows and Office and .NET, including server-based updates for Microsoft SQL Server and Exchange server. There are also four zero-day fixes ...

Microsoft is working to resolve a known issue that causes its Defender for Endpoint enterprise endpoint security platform to incorrectly tag SQL Server software as end-of-life. According to a service ...

As the dust settled on Microsoft’s shock price rise for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, which jumped 50% from $19.99 to $29.99 in the U.S. in what amounts to an extra $120 a year, fans reacted with a mixture ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. In my opinion, one of the most reputable organizations providing credentials is Microsoft, and ...

Microsoft is launching a suite of autonomous AI agents designed to attack one of corporate America's most expensive and persistent problems: the crushing weight of technical debt that prevents ...

Microsoft has revealed some details about what's next for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). Customers should expect multiple SSMS releases soon. SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is the tool of ...

Microsoft has released the first release candidate for SQL Server 2025, touting AI capabilities and experimental features through PREVIEW_FEATURES. A private preview of SQL Server 2025 began in ...

Microsoft has announced the SQL Server 2025 preview, and this update is a big one for developers and IT teams. The Release Candidate 0 (RC0) introduces two major upgrades, including support for Ubuntu ...

Today Microsoft is incorporating GPT-5, OpenAI’s best AI system to date, into a wide variety of its products, to bring new reasoning capabilities and improvements to coding and chat across its ...