Database, Analytics, and AI/ML

Improving Data Analysis with Microsoft Analyst Agent August 26, 2025 Microsoft Analyst can accelerate complex data analysis to deliver insights using a small reasoning model...more HDInsight Stagnates: Time to Migrate August 9, 2025 HDInsight’s future is looking bleak as Microsoft abandons a major upgrade and retires key security...more Microsoft Researcher Agent Can Speed Decision-Making, But Check Your Work August 8, 2025 Microsoft Researcher can accelerate complex decision-making by using deep reasoning and retrieval across business and...more How to Choose Azure SQL Configurations That Meet Requirements and Control Costs August 5, 2025 Azure SQL services can host SQL Server databases using the same SQL Server database engine...more Azure AI Content Safety: Pricing July 31, 2025 AI Content Safety helps developers protect generative AI applications from misuse by malicious actors. Pricing...more The Data Factory Showdown: Azure vs. Fabric July 28, 2025 Azure Data Factory and Fabric Data Factory are distinct offerings with unique capabilities and purposes....more How Azure AI Content Safety Protects AI Systems from Bad Actors Updated: July 26, 2025 Azure AI Content Safety provides several capabilities intended to safeguard generative AI applications from malicious...more Understanding SharePoint Agents July 24, 2025 SharePoint agents can empower users with default and custom low-code AI solutions for SharePoint sites....more Excel Organization Data Types Retiring: Switch to Excel’s Get Data July 20, 2025 Excel Organization Data Types retire on July 31, 2025; does not impact other Data Types....more Power BI and Fabric Limiting User Levels: Consolidate Now  July 20, 2025 Microsoft is limiting the number of individual assignments in Power BI and Fabric workspaces. Administrators...more Azure AI Content Safety: Anti-Malware for AI Apps Updated: July 20, 2025 Generative AI applications can be a legal or PR crisis waiting to happen unless organizations...more Trust but Verify Your Data in Microsoft’s AI Services July 10, 2025 The Microsoft Generative AI Services clause explains Microsoft’s terms for customers using its AI services,...more Copilot Now Available to Power BI Pro and Desktop Users July 8, 2025 Copilot for Power BI and Copilot for Fabric features are now available for most Power...more Emerging Protocols Could Standardize AI Integration Updated: July 1, 2025 Model Context Protocol and Agent2Agent are emerging protocols for integrating AI-based agents, while NLWeb simplifies...more Azure SQL Edge to Retire in Sept 2025; Limited Migration Options June 30, 2025 Azure SQL Edge, a special edition of SQL Server for low-powered devices and edge servers...more Databricks Gets More Azure-Entrenched with Extended Partnership June 30, 2025 Microsoft and Databricks have extended their strategic partnership and announced more Azure integrations. The extension...more

GitHub Copilot Tier Comparison June 3, 2025 Navigating Microsoft’s Copilots Updated: May 11, 2025

  Product Reference SQL Edge Azure SQL Edge is a small-footprint deployment option for SQL Server that runs in a...more   Product Reference HDInsight Azure HDInsight is a cloud database service based on Apache’s Hadoop open-source software framework.   Product Reference AI Vision   Product Reference AI Translator   Product Reference Power BI Power BI, a part of Microsoft Fabric, is Microsoft’s primary data visualization offering. It contains...more   Product Reference OneLake OneLake is the core data management component in Microsoft Fabric. It can host and query...more   Product Reference Fabric Data Warehouse Fabric Data Warehouse, one of the main Fabric experiences, provides a SQL-based database solution where...more   Product Reference Fabric Data Science Fabric Data Science, one of the main Fabric experiences, provides an environment where data scientists...more   Product Reference Fabric Data Factory Fabric Data Factory, one of the main Fabric experiences, is used for creating data integration...more   Product Reference Fabric Overview Microsoft Fabric is a data and analytics cloud service that simplifies the deployment and use...more   Product Reference SQL Server   Product Reference Fabric Data Engineering Fabric Data Engineering, one of the main Fabric experiences, provides an environment where data engineers...more   Product Reference Dataverse Dataverse Product description   Product Reference Database Services for PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB   Product Reference Fabric Real-Time Intelligence Fabric Real-Time Intelligence is a platform streaming data applications, which process high-volume streams of records...more   Product Reference Data Explorer Azure Data Explorer is a cloud service that helps query and analyze large-scale data streams,...more

Database, Analytics, and AI/ML Roadmap

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