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Announcing SQL Server 2025
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Should That Be One Update Statement or Multiple?
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How to Develop Custom T-SQL Code Snippets in Azure Data Studio
Learn about code snippets and Azure Data Studio.
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Microsoft SQL announcements at PASS Data Community Summit 2024
Read a summary of the data platform announcements from Microsoft at the PASS Data Community Summit 2024 last week.
2024-11-18
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The Hash Join II
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