Database, Analytics, and AI/ML

New! Azure SQL Managed Instance’s New Authentication Option to Help with Migrations November 3, 2025 SQL Managed Instance adds support for native Windows logins, removing the last barrier to migrating...more SharePoint Knowledge Agent: A Boon for Content Management (with Caveats) October 28, 2025 Knowledge Agent can simplify the challenges of maintaining SharePoint Online document libraries and Web content....more SQL Server Management Studio Update Will Integrate GitHub Copilot Updated: October 23, 2025 A new version of SQL Server Management Studio brings the most significant updates to the...more Deciphering Copilot Studio Licensing Updated: October 19, 2025 The licensing model for Copilot Studio has been in flux with changes arriving regularly throughout...more Is Copilot Search the Next Generation of Enterprise Search? October 13, 2025 Copilot Search is an AI assistant for Microsoft 365 that allows users to search using...more Understanding Copilot Studio Updated: October 12, 2025 Copilot Studio supports generative AI to reduce development effort and give agents advanced capabilities. Agents...more Understanding Copilot for SharePoint October 7, 2025 Copilot for SharePoint can reduce the effort of managing Web pages but does not offer...more Copilot Studio Benefits and Risks Updated: October 5, 2025 Copilot Studio is a low-code tool for building natural language assistants called agents that help...more Azure Data Studio Is Retiring: What You Need to Do and When September 13, 2025 Azure Data Studio, long touted as the future for data management in Azure, will be...more How to Track Azure Hybrid Benefit Use Rights for SQL Server Updated: September 8, 2025 Customers are responsible for ensuring they have the proper licenses to keep their Azure Hybrid...more SQL Data Sync’s Retirement Highlights the Future of Azure SQL Offerings September 4, 2025 Azure SQL Data Sync is retiring in Sept. 2027 with no explanation or straightforward migration...more 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

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

  Product Reference Cache for Redis Roadmap for Cache for Redis, an in-memory caching service that stores copies of application data...more   Product Reference Managed Redis Azure Managed Redis is an Azure-hosted, Microsoft-managed caching service built on Redis software. Redis is...more   Product Reference Fabric Overview Microsoft Fabric is a data and analytics cloud service that simplifies the deployment and use...more   Product Reference AI Services Azure AI Services are a collection of cloud services enabling developers to add specific artificial...more   Product Reference Data Explorer Azure Data Explorer is a cloud service that helps query and analyze large-scale data streams,...more   Product Reference Event Hubs Azure Event Hubs provides a brokering service for streaming data that is compatible with Apache...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 Factory Fabric Data Factory, one of the main Fabric experiences, is used for creating data integration...more   Product Reference Power BI Power BI, a part of Microsoft Fabric, is Microsoft’s primary data visualization offering. It contains...more   Product Reference AI Foundry Azure AI Foundry is a Web-based development tool for professional developers to create, test, and...more   Product Reference Microsoft 365 Copilot Microsoft 365 Copilot is Microsoft’s AI-based productivity service for organizations featuring chat, search, and image...more   Product Reference Fabric Data Engineering Fabric Data Engineering, one of the main Fabric experiences, provides an environment where data engineers...more   Product Reference Fabric Data Science Fabric Data Science, one of the main Fabric experiences, provides an environment where data scientists...more   Product Reference Synapse Analytics Azure Synapse Analytics is a multipurpose analytics and data warehouse service designed for organizations with...more   Product Reference Databricks Azure Databricks is an Azure cloud service based on Databricks technology, a third-party offering that...more

Database, Analytics, and AI/ML Roadmap

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