My Favorite New T-SQL in SQL Server 2025

Description

This session is a dive into everything new that appears in SQL Server 2025 and are already available in Azure SQL Database.

Looking to use the new Regex functions? There is a surprising upgrade snuck in there for STRING_SPLIT().

Is PRODUCT() really useful? Yes. Yes it is!

What is fuzzy string matching all about?

JSON support is finally here!

There's more to be had, waiting for you right here!

This session is a dive into everything new that appears in SQL Server 2025 and are already available in Azure SQL Database
Looking to use the new Regex functions?
There is a surprising upgrade snuck in there for STRING_SPLIT()
Is PRODUCT() really useful?
What is fuzzy string matching all about?
Technical deep dive — implementation details and architecture