July’s Patch Tuesday sees an end-of-support collision amidst a massive, record-setting patch wave

It's an absolute beast with over 700 fixes and active zero-days landing right as major SQL and SharePoint versions hit end of ...
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X now offers an MCP server to make its platform easier for AI tools to use

X is making it easier for AI assistants like Claude, Cursor, Grok Build, and other MCP-compatible apps to connect directly to the platform through a new hosted MCP server. On Monday, the Elon ...
GitHub

Object Explorer Menu extension for SSMS

Object Explorer Menu is a free, open-source extension for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), developed in C#. It enables users to add custom menu items to the right-click context menu within the ...
GitHub

cumulativeupdate5.md

To apply this cumulative update package, you must be running SQL Server 2019. Beginning in Microsoft SQL Server 2017, the Analysis Services build version number and SQL Server Database Engine build ...
Microsoft

SQL Server 2022 pricing and licensing

Introducing a new cloud billing option for SQL Server customers, providing pay-as-you-go flexibility across on-premises and cloud environments. License by vCore [4]New Allows customers to elect to ...