SQL Server 2025 is packed with innovations that redefine what’s possible for developers. In this fast-paced session, you’ll explore the most exciting new capabilities—starting with enhanced T-SQL features like fuzzy matching, regular expressions, and smarter syntax improvements that make your code more powerful and expressive.

You’ll also see how Change Event Streaming lets you react to data changes in real time, powering modern event-driven and microservice architectures directly from SQL Server. Discover the next evolution of JSON, now with a native data type, high-performance indexing, and new JSON aggregate functions.

Finally, dive into the future of AI integration, with a native vector data type, blazing-fast DiskANN indexing, and seamless connectivity to external AI models—enabling advanced semantic search and RAG scenarios right inside T-SQL.

You will learn:

• Explore new T-SQL features like fuzzy matching and regular expressions.
• Learn to use Change Event Streaming and native JSON enhancements.
• Discover vector data, DiskANN indexing, and AI integration in T-SQL.