Database, Analytics, and AI/ML

New! SQL Server 2025 Adds Natural Language Search the Right Way June 26, 2025 SQL Server 2025 will include a natural language search capability (called vector search) that can...more New! DSPM for AI: Protecting Your Content from Prying AIs June 24, 2025 DSPM for AI increases visibility into where an organization’s sensitive data is, how it is...more Surge Protection Stabilizes Power BI, Fabric Performance, With Limits June 9, 2025 Surge protection is a Power BI and Fabric feature that reduces the chance of unexpected...more Power BI Premium Migration Tool Eases the Required Move to Fabric June 2, 2025 Commercial Power BI Premium P customers must migrate to Fabric at their next licensing renewal....more How to Choose Which GitHub Copilot Tier to Buy Updated: May 25, 2025 GitHub Copilot, a popular AI assistant for software developers, is available in several tiers with...more Fabric Improvements Focus on AI and Security Updated: May 19, 2025 The continuing stream of improvements to Fabric demonstrates Microsoft’s continued investment in, and prioritization of,...more Executive Focus: Introduction to Data Governance in the Age of AI Updated: May 6, 2025 As organizations increasingly adopt AI, a well-governed data estate is critically important. Poorly managed data...more Copilot Agents: How to Avoid Surprising Licensing Costs Updated: April 27, 2025 Licensing updates to Copilot Studio bring new pay-as-you-go meters for certain agents. The licensing model...more SQL Server 2025 Gets Engine and AI Updates Updated: April 11, 2025 SQL Server 2025, in private preview, will bring engine performance improvements, security enhancements, and new...more Executive Focus: Microsoft’s AI Strategy Updated: April 8, 2025 Microsoft’s strategic focus on AI is affecting nearly every aspect of the company’s products, services,...more Migrating SQL Data Warehouse to Fabric: Compatibility Matters Updated: April 6, 2025 Although they share a codebase, SQL Server and Fabric have differences that impact migration. SQL...more Windows Copilot Runtime Aids AI Application Development Updated: April 1, 2025 The Copilot Runtime is a new Windows client OS component that facilitates development of AI-enabled...more Dynamics 365 Smart Assist Retiring: Change to Copilot March 24, 2025 Dynamics 365 Smart Assist support ends in June 2025 and the product disappears completely in...more Azure OpenAI: Are Premium Models Worth the Price? Updated: March 18, 2025 Azure OpenAI provides access to OpenAI’s language models. Azure OpenAI’s advantage is it lets customers...more Migrating from Power BI Premium P to Fabric: Our Guidance March 10, 2025 Most Power BI Premium P customers must migrate to Fabric at their next licensing renewal....more Time to Lock Down Microsoft 365 Copilot Self-Service Purchasing? March 3, 2025 Microsoft 365 Copilot self-service purchasing will be enabled for all enterprise users starting in late...more

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

  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   Product Reference Cache for Redis Roadmap for Cache for Redis, an in-memory caching service that stores copies of application data...more   Product Reference SQL Managed Instance   Product Reference SQL Edge   Product Reference SQL Server Stretch Database

Database, Analytics, and AI/ML Roadmap

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