A 34-vote social media poll showed 44.1 percent support for adding more database tooling options to Visual Studio, with 41.2 percent opposed and 14.7 percent choosing "Either way." Several responses ...

PolyBase, a data virtualization feature for SQL Server, allows users to seamlessly query data from various external sources directly using T-SQL (Transact-SQL) without the need for separate client ...

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Visual Studio 2022 17.7 and a preview of 17.8 promise to streamline development with enhancements to diffs, comparisons, searches, pull requests, unit tests, and more. Microsoft has unveiled Visual ...

Microsoft's newest version of its Visual Studio development tools includes new features like All-In-One Search, Intent-Based Suggestions, and improvements in the text visualizer, among other things.

Microsoft has rolled out the latest update to its flagship integrated development environment, Visual Studio 2022 v17.13, introducing new AI-powered features, including GitHub Copilot Free. This ...