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Proposed session for SQLBits 2026TL; DR
Discover the most developer-focused SQL Server release in a decade! Explore new capabilities like JSON and Vector data types, advanced functions and indexing, Change Event Streams, improvement to query optimizer, plus powerful string functions like regular expression and string similarity search. Better integrate compute with data for improved efficiency and scalability of your solutions.
Session Details
Discover the most developer-focused SQL Server release in a decade! Explore new capabilities like JSON and Vector data types, advanced functions and indexing, Change Event Streams, improvement to query optimizer, plus powerful string functions like regular expression and string similarity search. Better integrate compute with data for improved efficiency and scalability of your solutions.
3 things you'll get out of this session
• Explore JSON and Vector data types with advanced functions and indexing
• Use Change Event Streams and query optimizer improvements
• Leverage powerful string functions including regex and similarity search
Speakers
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Zlatko Knezevic
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