Learn about .NET Standard, its versions, and the .NET implementations that support it.
Learn how to use a standard date and time format string to define the text representation of a date and time value in .NET.
Upgrade basic public IP addresses to standard SKU in Azure. Learn migration steps, compare SKUs, and prepare for the September 30 2025 retirement.
This article summarizes new features and enhancements found in each new version of .NET Standard.
The degree of parallelism (DOP) for batch mode operations is limited to 2 for SQL Server Standard edition and 1 for SQL Server Express edition. 2 Aggregate pushdown, string predicate pushdown, and SIMD optimizations are SQL Server Enterprise edition scalability enhancements. For more information, see What's new in columnstore indexes.
Learn about the retirement of the capability to use Standard HDD as OS disks for Azure Virtual Machines.
Scale targets for standard storage accounts and disk access resources The following table describes default limits for Azure general-purpose v2 (GPv2), general-purpose v1 (GPv1), and Blob Storage accounts. A few entries in the table also apply to disk access and are explicitly labeled.
SQL Server 2025 Standard Developer edition is a free edition licensed for development. It includes all features of SQL Server Standard edition. Develop new applications for Standard edition. Set up a staging environment to certify the upgrade of an existing application from the Standard edition to SQL Server 2025 Standard edition before deploying it in production.
Where is the service available? Azure Front Door Standard, Premium, and Classic tiers are available in Microsoft Azure (Commercial) and Microsoft Azure Government (US).
The degree of parallelism (DOP) for batch mode operations is limited to 2 for SQL Server Standard edition and 1 for SQL Server Web and Express editions. 2 Aggregate pushdown, string predicate pushdown, and SIMD optimizations are SQL Server Enterprise edition scalability enhancements. For more detail, see What's new in columnstore indexes.
Dsv6-series virtual machines don't have any temporary storage thus lowering the price of entry. You can attach Standard SSDs, Standard HDDs, Premium SSDs, and Premium SSD v2 storage to these virtual machines. You can also attach Ultra Disk storage based on its regional availability. Disk storage is billed separately from virtual machines.
The Defense Department has released Version 4.0 of the IPv6 Standard Profiles for IPv6 Capable Products as part of an update to the Defense Information Technology Standards Registry (DISR) Baseline ...