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SQL Server 2025: Local SQL Server Container – Schema design preview

After my blogs about “SQL Server 2025: Local SQL Server Container without Docker Command” and “SQL Server 2025: Local SQL Server Container – Schema compare preview”, I continue to play & test it. One new feature in preview(…)

SQL Server 2025: Local SQL Server Container – Schema compare preview

After my blog about “SQL Server 2025: Local SQL Server Container without Docker Command”, I continue to play & test it. One new feature in preview is the “schema compare” in this last extension for Visual Code: I like(…)

How to Contribute to the YaK Project: Adding a New Infrastructure Provider (e.g., OpenShift Virtualization)

YaK is a platform-agnostic framework designed to streamline and automate the deployment of infrastructure and middleware components (database, K8S,etc..) across various environments. With its open-source core, YaK enables developers, DevOps teams, and IT professionals to manage infrastructure provisioning and component deployment efficiently, without(…)

SQL Server: New connectivity and Drivers landing page

You will find a new connectivity and drivers landing page for SQL Server with .Net, Java, Python, C++, Go and PHP languages: SQL Connectivity and Drivers – SQL Server | Microsoft Learn As you can see, you can download,(…)

Step-by-Step Guide to Enabling Copilot in SSMS

With the latest version of SSMS, SSMS 21, there is now integration with Copilot. In this blog post, we’ll go through the setup step by step, with screenshots, to get everything ready to use Copilot in SSMS.There is already(…)

SQL Server 2025: Local SQL Server Container without Docker Command

The last version of” MSSQL extension for Visual Studio Code” has in Preview “the Local SqlServer Containers” based on SQL Server 2025 with the following keys: Create and manage SQL Server containers locally without Docker commands Use SQL Server 2025(…)

Exploring the Future of Data at SQLBits 2025 in London

I’m looking back on three amazing days of interesting technical insights from the SQLBits event 2025 in London. It’s actually my first time having the pleasure of attending one of Europe’s biggest data platform events and I can sincerely say,(…)

SQL Server 2025: What news on the instance configuration

Like every time with a new version of SQL Server, it’s good to see what the new configurations possibilities are for us to manage the instance. To do this, I will compare SQL 2022 and SQL 2025 using the system(…)

SQL Server 2025 – Retirement of SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)

Microsoft has announced the end of the SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) service. In other words, Microsoft will no longer provide new versions of SSRS. Currently, the latest available version is the 2022 version (https://www.microsoft.com/fr-FR/download/details.aspx?id=104502). However,(…)

Experiencing SQLBits 2025 in London

This week, I’m in London attending the SQLBits 2025 conference.Since joining dbi services as a consultant, this is my second time taking part in the event. The last time was in 2022, but I attended remotely due to the(…)