A new SQL Server 2025 feature lets organizations run vector-based semantic searches on their own data, connecting to local or cloud-hosted AI models without relying on massive general-purpose LLMs. I ...

Tech upstarts for decades have been looking to unseat Microsoft Excel, arguably the most important piece of business software ever invented. They’ve touted more technically advanced ways of organizing ...

Opera has filed its anti-competition complaint in Brazil and says Microsoft is using ‘manipulative design tactics.’ Opera has filed its anti-competition complaint in Brazil and says Microsoft is using ...

Who needs rewrites? This metadata-powered architecture fuses AI and ETL so smoothly, it turns pipelines into self-evolving engines of insight. In the fast-evolving landscape of enterprise data ...

We’re excited to announce a new migration experience in Azure Arc to simplify and accelerate SQL Server migration. This new experience, now in preview, is powered by Azure Database Migration Service ...

There are various benefits to creating a cloud VM; however, we have noticed that in many circumstances, we cannot connect to the VM (Azure VDI VM) using RDP or Remote Desktop Protocol. This issue can ...

Running Python scripts is one of the most common tasks in automation. However, managing dependencies across different systems can be challenging. That’s where Docker comes in. Docker lets you package ...

A metadata-driven ETL framework using Azure Data Factory boosts scalability, flexibility, and security in integrating diverse data sources with minimal rework. In today’s data-driven landscape, ...

Have you ever faced the frustration of trying to combine multiple Excel files, only to realize their sheet names don’t match? It’s a common headache for anyone working with data from varied sources.

Objective: Build a cloud-based ETL pipeline to automate the ingestion of daily beverage sales data. Scenario: A beverage company records sales in CSV files which are uploaded to Azure Blob Storage. We ...

Aside from their editing capabilities, PDF apps can also convert Word and Excel files into PDFs and export PDFs to those standard formats. The best apps do a good job of preserving formatting when ...