PolyBase, a data virtualization feature for SQL Server, allows users to seamlessly query data from various external sources directly using T-SQL (Transact-SQL) without the need for separate client ...

Microsoft, apparently trying to enhance every product it has with an AI-powered Copilot, announced a new one for the latest release of SQL Server Developer Tools (SSDT) in Visual Studio. SSDT is a ...

Visual Studio 2022 is an upgrade over its predecessor, the VS 2019. This Microsoft IDE is compatible with a lot of database technologies such as Azure, SQL, and SQLite, and has a perfect integration.

Today’s README file explains how to create connection strings to SQL Server databases using Visual Studio’s built-in tools. To provide an example using real source, I created a simple Winforms ...

I have a 2014 15” MacBook Pro that I’m looking to replace sooner or later with an equivalent M1 MacBook Pro (most likely the 14”). However, one big holdup is that for my day job, I run Visual Studio ...

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