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This paper explores the evolving landscape of data security in artificial intelligence (AI) environments and provides practical guidance aligned with the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) AI Controls ...

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Copilot in Excel introduces new finance-focused capabilities that help teams work to their standards, use trusted financial data, and stay in control of every change. GPT‑5.5 Instant is now available ...

PolyBase, a data virtualization feature for SQL Server, allows users to seamlessly query data from various external sources directly using T-SQL (Transact-SQL) without the need for separate client ...

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Microsoft’s SQL Server Migration Assistant lets you move your data and schema to different SQL Servers. Here’s what you need to know about the tool. The Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant is a ...

Major upgrade to the ever-evolving Oracle Database brings JavaScript support, graph optimizations, in-memory enhancements, and dramatic improvements to JSON operations and in-database machine learning ...