PolyBase was once the go-to for accessing external data, but not anymore. This episode demonstrates how you can query files on block storage natively. What’s Inside: 🔗 Watch on YouTube
Anthony and Ben talk about SQL Server 2025 – Episode 6: Vector Indexes with DiskANN
Now that you can store vectors in SQL Server, how do you make searching them fast? This episode introduces DiskANN, a new index type built for high-speed similarity search. What’s Inside: 🔗 Watch on YouTube
Anthony and Ben talk about SQL Server 2025 – Episode 5: Installing Ollama on Windows + GPU Boost
Forget Docker—this episode shows how to run Ollama natively on Windows, with full GPU acceleration. What’s Inside: 🔗 Watch on YouTube
Anthony and Ben talk about SQL Server 2025 – Episode 4: Calling External Models and REST APIs
Ben and Anthony show how SQL Server 2025 lets you connect to external AI models via REST calls—without needing Azure OpenAI or cloud dependencies. What’s Inside: 🔗 Watch on YouTube
Anthony and Ben talk about SQL Server 2025 – Episode 3: Deep Dive into VECTOR Data Types
Episode 3 focuses on VECTOR data types—the backbone of AI search and similarity use cases. What’s Inside: 🔗 Watch on YouTube
Anthony and Ben talk about SQL Server 2025 – Episode 2: Running Local LLMs with Ollama
In this episode, Ben and Anthony demonstrate how to integrate Ollama, a local LLM runtime, directly into your SQL Server workflows. What’s Inside: 🔗 Watch on YouTube
Anthony and Ben talk about SQL Server 2025 – Episode 1: REST APIs and Vector Search Explained
SQL Server 2025 brings REST APIs and native vector search capabilities into the mix. In this premiere episode, Anthony and Ben kick things off by walking through how these features are shaping the future of the platform. What’s Inside: 🔗 Watch on YouTube
Paying It Forward: The Power of Mentoring in the Data Community
First off, a huge thank you to Deborah for hosting this month’s T-SQL Tuesday and for the invite to contribute! More importantly, thank you, Deborah, for your continued support of New Stars of Data over the years. Your mentorship and commitment to helping new speakers find their voice have made a real impact on our…
Some thoughts on data platform community events
In recent months, I ended up subtweeting quite a bit on things that stood out for me with conferences… Mainly pointing at organizers but in parts also attendees. Unsurprisingly however, it seems like those tweets for the most part triggered a couple of entertaining and facepalm moments for some but mostly not the right people,…
T-SQL Tuesday #139: Wrap up
Let me start by saying thank you again! To everyone who joined the conversation and contributed a post to my invitation on a hybrid data world for this month’s #tsql2sday and to Steve, for having me as a host this month! There were some great posts and opinions so let me try to summarize those…