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SUMMARY:SQL Server 2025 News: AI Integration and More
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Microsoft Malta office for another evening of technical \nlearning and networking around the Microsoft Data Platform. \nTwo sessions. One foundational. One deep. \n━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ \n🧠 Session 1 — From ML to AI Agents: The Journey That Changed Everything \n◆ The Data Introduction Session \nBefore we talk about SQL Server 2025\, we need to speak the same language. \nThis session tells the story of AI from the beginning: \n→ From ML and its narrow\, task-specific roots \n→ To large language models and the generative AI explosion that followed \n→ To the agent landscape everyone is navigating but few have clearly mapped \nModels\, agents\, assistants\, copilots\, skills\, tools — and the very different \ntypes of agents hiding behind the same word. \nYou will leave with a mental model that makes every AI conversation\, \nand every vendor pitch\, easier to evaluate. \n◆ No prior AI experience required. \n━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ \n🗄️ Session 2 — SQL Server 2025 News: AI Integration and More \n◆ The Main Session \nSQL Server 2025 marks a turning point for Microsoft’s flagship database engine. \nThis is the honest version of the story. \n→ The vector journey from Azure SQL to what SQL Server 2025 delivers in RTM \n→ What is GA\, what is still in preview\, and what that means for production \n→ DiskANN vector indexes\, AI_GENERATE_EMBEDDINGS\, AI_GENERATE_CHUNKS \n→ CREATE EXTERNAL MODEL — calling LLMs without leaving SQL Server \n→ Fuzzy string functions: EDIT_DISTANCE\, Jaro\, and when NOT to use vectors \nBuild semantic search and RAG pipelines inside the database. \nNo separate vector store required. \n━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ \n🤝 Networking \nThe evening includes time to connect before and after the sessions. \nWhether you are deep in the Microsoft Data Platform or just getting started\, \nthis is your space to ask questions and exchange ideas with the community.
URL:https://ossmalta.eu/event/sql-server-2025-news-ai-integration-and-more/
LOCATION:Microsoft Malta\, Skyparks\, Skyparks\, Luqa\, Malta
CATEGORIES:Microsoft,Tech
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