Custom proximity search is a new feature introduced in SQL Server 2012 Full-Text Search. It's facilitated using the NEAR operator, allowing it to be used in the CONTAINS predicate or CONTAINSTABLE ...

A new SQL Server 2025 feature lets organizations run vector-based semantic searches on their own data, connecting to local or cloud-hosted AI models without relying on massive general-purpose LLMs. I ...

Microsoft is making available in preview form on August 21 two new Azure cloud services: A NoSQL database service and a full-text search service. The Azure DocumentDB NoSQL service was built by ...

As developers look to harness the power of AI in their applications, one of the most exciting advancements is the ability to enrich existing databases with semantic understanding through vector search ...

Microsoft already has a limited version of the SQL Server database online, but it plans to have a full version up before Windows Azure's release Microsoft, which last year announced plans to bring a ...