SQL Server 2025 and disk sector size

I got a new laptop this week, and one of my default steps is installing SQL Server. This has always gone without issue until yesterday. I ran into an error message when my Bing skills (for some rea…

Ignite announced SQL Server 2025 and Fabric SQL GA

I’m guessing you’ve seen posts, blogs and social media activity in the last year on both Fabric SQL databases and rumours around SQL Server 2025. Today, Microsoft announced that both of…

T-SQL Tuesday #192 – What I’m excited for with SQL Server 2025

Happy T-SQL Tuesday! It feels like it’s been a while since I was able to put one of these posts together. So thank you to Steve Jones for this month’s topic, which makes it really easy to write a p…

SQL Server 2025 Unleashed Live Training – A New Era Begins – SQLpassion

SQL Server 2025: Simplifying Data Checks with RegEx

One of the new features in SQL Server 2025 is that you can now use regular expressions directly in your T-SQL queries. Now, regular expressions (or RegEx) have never been a syntax that’s easy…

SQL Server 2025: time-bound Extended Events explained

In a previous blog post, I discussed my initial impressions of SQL Server and the key features that are relevant to my work in Business Intelligence. This time, I want to focus on a specific and im…

My top features of SQL Server 2025 for Business Intelligence

Some time ago, Microsoft announced the release of a new version of SQL Server. This made me happy, mainly because in the storm of everything Fabric, Copilot, and cloud, sturdy technology still has …