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Updates July 26, 2019 1 min read

Introducing SIOS high availability for SQL Server 2008/R2 in Azure

Support for SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 ended on July 9, 2019.

Updates July 25, 2019 2 min read

SQL Server Management Studio 18.2 is now generally available

We are excited to announce the release of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 18.

Updates July 24, 2019 3 min read

Free supported Java in SQL Server 2019 is now available

Java is one of the most important open source projects in the world today.

Updates July 24, 2019 2 min read

SQL Server 2019 community technology preview 3.2 is now available

We’re excited to announce the monthly release of SQL Server 2019 community technology preview (CTP) 3.

Updates July 11, 2019 7 min read

The July release of Azure Data Studio is now available

This post and release activities were co-authored by Vasu Bhog, an intern on the Azure Data Studio team.

Updates July 1, 2019 1 min read

SQL Server 2019 on Windows containers now in Early Adopters Program

Starting with SQL Server 2017’s support for Linux and containers, Microsoft has been on a journey of platform and operating system choice.

Updates June 26, 2019 2 min read

SQL Server 2019 community technology preview 3.1 is now available

We’re excited to announce the monthly release of SQL Server 2019 community technology preview (CTP) 3.

Updates June 11, 2019 1 min read

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 18.1 is now generally available

We’re excited to announce the release of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 18.

Updates June 6, 2019 5 min read

The June release of Azure Data Studio is now available

We’re excited to announce the June release of Azure Data Studio (formerly known as SQL Operations Studio) is now available.

Updates May 23, 2019 2 min read

Advanced data security for SQL Server is coming to Azure Virtual Machines

This post was written by Michael Makhlevich Our customers have asked for this and we’ve been listening – advanced data security is now available for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines! Using just a few simple steps, you can now protect your SQL Server installations on Azure VMs with Microsoft’s advanced data security capabilities.

Updates May 22, 2019 2 min read

SQL Server 2019 community technology preview 3.0 is now available

We’re excited to announce the monthly release of SQL Server 2019 community technology preview (CTP) 3.

Updates May 13, 2019 2 min read

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