Microsoft updated its free MSSQL extension for Visual Studio Code with new Fabric connectivity and provisioning features in public preview, alongside GitHub Copilot slash commands and multiple ...

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At Build 2025, SQL Server 2025 officially entered public preview. As one of the world’s most popular databases, this release continues a decades-long history of innovation with features made for ...

The project is in an experimental, pre-alpha, exploratory phase with the intention to be productionized. We move fast, break things, and explore various aspects of the seamless developer experience ...

In this hands-on tutorial, we’ll build an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that allows Claude Desktop to fetch stock news sentiment and daily top gainers and movers via the AlphaVantage API. Since ...

In this Microsoft SQL Server and JDBC tutorial, you'll learn how to connect to a Microsoft SQL Server in Java using JDBC. The steps are relatively straightforward: Each database is different, so ...

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The China-linked advanced persistent threat (APT) group known as Mustang Panda has been observed weaponizing Visual Studio Code software as part of espionage operations targeting government entities ...