PASS 24 Data Community Summit

This week it is PASS 24 Data Community Summit

The Microsoft Keynote was entitled, Fuel AI innovation with Azure Databases.

The session abstract: Data is the fuel for innovation, driving the development of transformative AI applications. In this keynote, join Shireesh and the Microsoft engineering team as they explore harnessing the power of data across the Azure databases portfolio to drive ground breaking advancements. Take your first step on the journey with vector search, multi-agent apps and more and learn to unlock new patterns like retrieval augmented generation (RAG).  Explore the latest database innovations in SQL Server, Azure SQL, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Database for PostgreSQL and Azure Database for MySQL that enhance operational efficiency, deliver personalized user experiences, and revolutionize the way we interact with technology. 

There were some great announcements 

Announcing

• SSMS 21 and Copilot in SSMS
• Azure SQL Database Hyperscale enhancements (Storage up to 128TB (GA) Log throughput rate up to 150 MB per second (Preview) , Continuous priming (Preview))

Preview

• Next gen general purpose on Azure SQL Managed Instance (32TB of storage, 500 DBs, Lower storage latency, improved storage importance, customisable I/O performance)
• Migration Assessment from SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc
• Mirroring in Fabric for Azure SQL Database and Azure Cosmos DB
• In-database embedding generation
• Vector Indexing and search in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL
• Native vector type and functions in Azure SQL Database (Available now)
• DiskANN indexing in Azure Database for PostgreSQL

Generally available

• Bi-directional disaster recovery with link feature in Azure SQL Managed Instance
• Flat and quantized flat vector indexes in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL
• Serverless auto-pause delay to 15 min
• Azure AI extension
• Hyperscale elastic pools
• Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB enhancements