Generally Available: New vector data type and functions in Azure SQL
Microsoft announced general availability of this Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance update in June 2025.
Launched1 version
Facts
- Microsoft id
467635- Status
- Launched
- Products
- Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance
- Update type
- Features
- Product categories
- Databases, Hybrid + multicloud
- General availability
- June 2025
- Status pages
- Azure SQL Database status, Azure SQL Managed Instance status
- First captured by us
- (from our first import of this list)
- Microsoft last modified
- Source
- Azure Updates · open the original at Microsoft
Microsoft says
Azure SQL now supports vector data types for efficient storage, querying of embeddings, and semantic search, making it an ideal database for AI.
What Microsoft changed
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As first seen: Launched
- Status
- Launched
Seen by us · Microsoft's timestamp · Microsoft's page
Related changes
Other changes for Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance
- SQL database: Create SQL Databases in Fabric from SSMS · Planned
- SQL database: Presence Expansion in USGov (Virginia and Texas GCC-H) · Shipped
- SQL database: Smaller max vCore options and resizing · Planned
- SQL database: Fuzzy string match is available across Microsoft SQL offerings · Shipped
- SQL database: Fabric SQL | SQL Server migration to Fabric SQL | GA · Shipped
- SQL database: Vector Index & Search · Shipped
- SQL database: Point-in-time restore from dropped databases · Shipped
- SQL database: Outbound Access Protection for Fabric SQL DB · Planned
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