SQL Server 2025 is here, and it’s not just an incremental update. This latest release introduces a suite of powerful new features designed to supercharge your database development, enhance security, and bring AI capabilities directly into the SQL engine.

In this fast-paced and practical session, we will walk you through the key innovations in SQL Server 2025, including native support for AI and vector-based queries, JSON data types, change event streaming, and seamless integration with Microsoft Fabric. We’ll explore how developers can invoke external REST endpoints from T-SQL, manage AI models within the engine, and take advantage of the new Standard Developer Edition to build in environments that mirror production.

Whether you're a database developer, DBA, or IT manager, this session will equip you with the insights needed to plan your upgrade strategy and take advantage of SQL Server 2025's offerings.