To start the Local SQL Server on your computer, open the Services app by searching it out of the Start Menu. Now, search for SQL Server, right-click on it, select Properties, set the Startup type ...

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 ...

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 would definitely install SSMS on any SQL server (if you hose up your network settings, you'll be glad to have tools local), but not on any other server (wouldn't be needed).

The Azure SQL team has released version 1.34.0 of the MSSQL extension for Visual Studio Code, a cross‑platform tool for developing against SQL Server, Azure SQL Database and SQL Database in ...