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Available SQL Server 2022 editions

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Compare SQL Server versions

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[1] For HDFS and Azure Blob Storage only(For SQL Server 2017, SQL Server 2016 only). [2] For tail of the log only (For SQL Server 2017, SQL Server 2016 only). [3] See full  list Intelligent Query Processing updates  by release. [4] See additional SQL Server 2022 secure enclaves  updates . [5] SQL Server Enterprise edition only. [6] The bidirectional disaster recovery capability of the Link feature for Azure SQL Managed Instance is available in limited public preview.  Sign up  for early access. General availability will occur at a future date. [7] Feature requires connection to Azure Arc agent. Source: Microsoft

On-object | Public Preview (Opt-in)

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Introducing On-object! The new way to build and format your visuals releasing with March 2023 Power BI Desktop. Feature overview Setup instructions Building a visual on-object Formatting a visual on-object Other functional changes Limitations and known issues Feature overview We’ve heard time and again from our user research studies PBI desktop is hard to use. We’ve also seen countless new users struggle to navigate our UI to perform simple actions such as completely missing the fields pane all the way on the right side of the screen, unable to add data to the correct field wells, fishing around the format pane to rename, change colors, or format text styles of their visual. These same users instinctively right-click on areas of the visual expecting a menu to help. Aligning to our new “Office-like” strategy we bring you,  on-object . A new way to build and format visuals directly on the visual.  Set up instructions To get started, turn on the preview switch in   File...

Power BI Datamart – February 2023 Feature Summary

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We launched  Datamarts  in Public Preview within Power BI Premium (and Premium Per User) that enable self-service users to securely collect, store, analyze, and share their data in a unified, low code, solution – delivering SQL and unified analytics – all in a web-based experience, for the first time. Today, we are excited to share the list of features that we’ve shipped during the month of February 2023, including: Manage default dataset Visualize results Keyboard shortcuts Open with Azure Data Studio Header updates – Sensitivity label The rest of this blog post describes each of these features in greater detail. Manage default dataset In Power BI, a dataset is always required before any reports can be built, so the default dataset enables quick reporting capabilities on top of the datamart. They can also add additional semantic modeling properties, such as hierarchies and descriptions. These are then used to create the Power BI dataset’s tables. We have now added the ability...