Harness the power of your data with SQL Server 2025, the AI-ready enterprise database

Would you like to take your search in SQL Server to the next level? In this episode, check out how to use vector search, securely built into SQL Server 2025. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 01:10 - Evolution of SQL 02:44 - Intelligent searching with SQL and AI 06:16 - Model definition 08:55 - Generate embeddings 13:19 - Vector index 15:25 - Vector Search 17:50 - Azure OpenAI 19:36 - Wrap up Recommended resources Announcement Sign-up Learn Docs Product page Connect Scott Hanselman | Twitter/X: @SHanselman Bob Ward | Twitter/X: @bobwardms Azure Friday | Twitter/X: @AzureFriday Azure | Twitter/X: @Azure

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Harness the power of your data with SQL Server 2025, the AI-ready enterprise database is an episode from Azure Friday by Scott Hanselman.

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This episode was published on Mar 2, 2026.

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