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Eitan Blumin ⚡ @eitanblumin.bsky.social · 8d

#Microsoft at #PASS #Data Community Summit 2025 | Microsoft Community Hub techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/sqlserv...

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Microsoft at PASS Data Community Summit 2025 | Microsoft Community Hub

Microsoft is excited to be back as the Sapphire Sponsor for this year’s PASS Data Community Summit, together with AMD. Together, we’re helping...

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Eitan Blumin ⚡ @eitanblumin.bsky.social · 11d

Data #Virtualization with #PolyBase for #SQLServer2025
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Data Virtualization with PolyBase for SQL Server 2025 | Microsoft Community Hub

Building upon the innovations introduced in SQL Server 2022, SQL Server 2025 enhances Data Virtualization by prioritizing usability, strengthening...

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Eitan Blumin ⚡ @eitanblumin.bsky.social · 12d

Public Preview: Backup Immutability for #AzureSQL #Database LTR Backups
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Hey #Microsoft, nice ChatGPT-generated article 😉

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🔐 Public Preview: Backup Immutability for Azure SQL Database LTR Backups | Microsoft Community Hub

The Ransomware Threat Landscape Ransomware attacks have become one of the most disruptive cybersecurity threats in recent years. These attacks...

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Eitan Blumin ⚡ @eitanblumin.bsky.social · 13d

Announcement: Upcoming Changes to #SQLServer on #Linux Virtual Machine (#VM) Provisioning in #Azure
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Announcement: Upcoming Changes to SQL Server on Linux Virtual Machine (VM) Provisioning in Azure | Microsoft Community Hub

We’re making an important update to how customers provision SQL Server on Linux virtual machines (VMs) in Azure. What’s Changing? Starting soon,...

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Eitan Blumin ⚡ @eitanblumin.bsky.social · 14d

שיחות בין DBAs - פרק 187 - #CDC על שום מה
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שיחות בין DBAs: פרק 187 - CDC על שום מה

גיא ואיתן מדברים על CDC, מה ההבדל בינו לבין Change Tracking, איך זה עובד, אתגרים מעניינים, סקריפטים שימושיים, טיפים, ועוד. קישורים רלוונטים: שנה טובה!

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Eitan Blumin ⚡ @eitanblumin.bsky.social · 15d

Introducing new update policy for #AzureSQL Managed Instance
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Introducing new update policy for Azure SQL Managed Instance | Microsoft Community Hub

We’re excited to introduce the new update policy SQL Server 2025 for Azure SQL Managed Instance. Now in preview, SQL Server 2025 update policy brings you the...

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Eitan Blumin ⚡ @eitanblumin.bsky.social · 18d

Using the new SqlVector type with #EFCore and #Dapper
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Using the new SqlVector type with EF Core and Dapper - Azure SQL Devs’ Corner

Azure SQL vector support has been generally available for a few months now, and the ecosystem is quickly evolving to make working with vectors in your applications as seamless and efficient as…

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Eitan Blumin ⚡ @eitanblumin.bsky.social · 19d

#SQLServer2025 RC1: faster #DiskANN and #FP16 support
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SQL Server 2025 RC1: faster DiskANN and FP16 support - Azure SQL Devs’ Corner

SQL Server 2025 RC1 introduces major DiskANN enhancements with faster index builds, improved multi-core scalability, and new FP16 support for efficient, high-performance vector search.

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Eitan Blumin ⚡ @eitanblumin.bsky.social · 20d

#SQLServer2025 Preview RC1: Now Supporting #RedHat Enterprise #Linux (#RHEL) 10
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SQL Server 2025 Preview RC1: Now Supporting Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 10 | Microsoft Community Hub

We’re happy to announce that SQL Server 2025 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) now includes preview support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 10, expanding...

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Eitan Blumin ⚡ @eitanblumin.bsky.social · 21d

OK I'm not sure I'm 100% on-board with this #AI based #TSQL Refactoring: an automatic intelligent code optimization with #Azure #OpenAI
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AI-based T-SQL Refactoring: an automatic intelligent code optimization with Azure OpenAI - Azure SQL Devs’ Corner

This article presents an AI-powered approach to automating SQL Server code analysis and refactoring. The system intelligently identifies inefficiencies and common T-SQL anti-patterns, applying best…

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Eitan Blumin ⚡ @eitanblumin.bsky.social · 22d

Everything you need to know about #TDE key management for #database restore (and encrypted transaction log files)
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Everything you need to know about TDE key management for database restore | Microsoft Community Hub

Transparent data encryption (TDE) in Azure SQL with customer-managed key (CMK) supports Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) for data protection at rest and facilitates...

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Eitan Blumin ⚡ @eitanblumin.bsky.social · 25d

Celibacy induces hysteria, which is desirable because it then can be turned into war-fever and leader-worship. That's what they want.

This is explained in the book 1984.

But every now and then, there's a massive GOP event which causes Grindr to crash due to heavy traffic.

Eitan Blumin ⚡ @eitanblumin.bsky.social · Sep 18

How It Works: Soft #NUMA, I/O Completion Thread, Lazy Writer Workers and Memory Nodes
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How It Works: Soft NUMA, I/O Completion Thread, Lazy Writer Workers and Memory Nodes | Microsoft Community Hub

First published on MSDN on Apr 02, 2010 There seems to be some semantic(s) confusion on the books online description of SOFT NUMA.

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Eitan Blumin ⚡ @eitanblumin.bsky.social · Sep 17

How It Works: #SQLServer (#NUMA Local, Foreign and Away Memory Blocks)
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How It Works: SQL Server (NUMA Local, Foreign and Away Memory Blocks) | Microsoft Community Hub

First published on MSDN on Dec 13, 2012 Applies to: SQL 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, and SQL 2012 versions.

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Eitan Blumin ⚡ @eitanblumin.bsky.social · Sep 16

Let's make it easy! How to read System Health and sp_server_diagnostics?
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Let's make it easy! How to read System Health and sp_server_diagnostics? | Microsoft Community Hub

Here are some useful steps on how to read System Health and SP_Server_Diagnostic with condition that will trigger warnings and errors.

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Eitan Blumin ⚡ @eitanblumin.bsky.social · Sep 15

Announcing the release of #SSMS 22 Preview 1

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Announcing the release of SSMS 22 Preview 1 | Microsoft Community Hub

The SSMS team is excited to share the first preview of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 22! Preview releases are our way of getting features into your...

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Eitan Blumin ⚡ @eitanblumin.bsky.social · Sep 14

Check out what’s new in #SSMS 21.5.14
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What’s new in SSMS 21.5.14 | Microsoft Community Hub

We’re excited to share that SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 21.5.14 is now available! This release brings a few highly-requested updates to the Modern...

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Eitan Blumin ⚡ @eitanblumin.bsky.social · Sep 11

Reminder: Following our latest published episode of #SQLServerRadio, we ask you to fill out a short survey poll to see what's the adoption rate of #SQLServer on #Linux and how you make use of it.

Please take 2 minutes to fill out this survey:
buff.ly/YMkncIF

Thank you for your cooperation! ❤

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Eitan Blumin ⚡ @eitanblumin.bsky.social · Sep 10

What’s next for #Copilot in #SSMS
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What’s next for Copilot in SSMS | Microsoft Community Hub

We released Copilot in SSMS (preview) with the General Availability of SSMS 21 in May of this year. For the uninitiated, the implementation requires creating...

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Eitan Blumin ⚡ @eitanblumin.bsky.social · Sep 9

Coming Soon: More #SSMS 21 Updates and SSMS 22 Preview!
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Coming Soon: More SSMS 21 Updates and SSMS 22 Preview! | Microsoft Community Hub

Coming soon: an additional SSMS 21 release and the upcoming Preview of SSMS 22!

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Eitan Blumin ⚡ @eitanblumin.bsky.social · Sep 8

Following our latest episode of #SQLServerRadio, please take 2 minutes to fill out this survey about #SQLServer on #Linux adoption:
forms.microsoft.com/r/geAj7svqzR

Thank you! ❤

If you didn't do it yet, check out our SQL Server Radio #podcast episode here:
sqlserverradio.com/episode-179-...