What's new in SQL Server 2025

Jun 3, 2025

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Streamline your entire data workflow, from real-time change capture to querying across cloud and on-prem databases, without complex migrations or code changes using SQL Server 2025. This adds deep AI integration with built-in vector search and DiskANN optimizations, plus native support for large object JSON and new Change Event Streaming for live data updates.

Join and analyze data faster with the Lakehouse shortcuts in Microsoft Fabric that unify multiple databases—across different SQL Server versions, clouds, and on-prem—into a single, logical schema without moving data. Build intelligent apps, automate workflows, and unlock rich insights with Copilot and the unified Microsoft data platform, including seamless Microsoft Fabric integration, all while leveraging your existing SQL skills and infrastructure.

Bob Ward, lead SQL engineer, joins Jeremy Chapman to share how the latest SQL Server 2025 innovations simplify building complex, high-performance workloads with less effort.

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 - Updates to SQL Server 2025

00:58 - Search and AI

03:55 - Native JSON Support

06:41 - Real-Time Change Event Streaming

08:40 - Optimized Locking for Better Concurrency

10:33 - Join SQL Server data with Fabric

13:53 - Wrap up

► Link References

Start using SQL Server 2025 at https://aka.ms/GetSQLServer2025

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