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Announcing flexible provisioning for SQL Server on Linux Azure VMs (Public Preview)
What’s changing We’re introducing a new script-based deployment experience for provisioning SQL Server on Linux Azure Virtual Machines (VMs). This experience replaces the earlier model that relied on pre-created SQL Server on Linux Marketplace images , which have been deprecated . Pre-created SQL Server on Linux Marketplace images are no longer available for new provisioning through the Azure portal, the Azure SQL hub, Azure CLI, or PowerShell. Instead, SQL Server is now installed and configure…
mssql-python 1.17.0: more reliable bulk copy, faster pool recovery, and DB-API fixes
mssql-python 1.17.0 is now available. This release is mostly about reliability. Bulk copy works better after upgrades, connection pools recover from dead connections, multi-statement batches report the right row counts, and Timestamp() works the way PEP 249 describes. pip install --upgrade mssql-python More reliable bulk copy bulkcopy() and bulkcopy_arrow() get several fixes in this release: Works after package upgrades. Bulk copy no longer fails after you upgrade the package. Correct UTF-8 han…
Summarize this article for me In this article Applies to: Azure SQL Managed Instance Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Managed Instance SQL Server on Azure VMs This article summarizes the documentation changes for new features and improvements in recent releases of Azure SQL Managed I... Change event streaming publishes each change to Azure Event Hubs.
Feature Details AES keys for transparent data encryption The TDE protector for Azure SQL Database can now be backed by symmetric (AES) keys stored in Azure Key Vault Managed HSM, in addition to asymmetric (RSA) keys. ...zure Event Hubs or Fabric EventstreamData Virtualization for Azure SQL Database Data virtualization, now in preview in Azure SQL.
The 10th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2025 RTM is now available for download at the Microsoft Downloads site. Please note that registration is no longer required to download Cumulative updates. To learn more about the release or servicing model, please visit: CU10 KB Article: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/servicing/sql/sql-server-2025/cumulative-update/kb5125471-cu10 Starting with SQL Server 2017, we adopted a new modern servicing model. Please refer to our blog for more detai…
The following issues are currently identified: Installation fails when TLS 1.2 is disabled Windows Arm64 not supported In-place upgrade fails due to Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable SQL Server on Windows fails to start on machines with more than 64 logical cores per NUMA node Database mail on Linux SQLPS Incorrect behavior of SESSION_CONTEXT.
SQL Server 2025 known issues Summarize this article for me In this article Applies to: SQL Server 2025 (17.x) This article describes known issues for SQL Server 2025 (17.x). For more information, see Upgrade parameters in the article Install, configure, or uninstall SQL Ser... This issue is resolved in Cumulative Update (CU) 4. Full-Text uses.
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