Databricks research shows multi-step agents consistently outperform single-turn RAG when answers span databases and documents

Data teams building AI agents keep running into the same failure mode. Questions that require joining structured data with ...
Microsoft

Highlights from FabCon and SQLCon 2026: Where databases and Fabric come together

FabCon is back for its third year, and this time it’s different. For the first time, SQLCon joined the event, bringing the Microsoft Fabric and SQL communities together in Atlanta for an unforgettable ...
IEEE

Computing Complex Graph Properties with SQL Queries

Abstract: In big data analytics, graph problems are as important as machine learning. There exist many algorithms to analyze large graphs, but most of them are limited by the main memory. On the other ...
IEEE

GoT4SQL-DA: A Graph-of-Thoughts Framework for Scalable Text-to-SQL Data Augmentation

Abstract: This paper presents GoT4SQL-DA, a novel data augmentation and reasoning framework aimed at improving Text-to-SQL (T2SQL) performance in enterprise environments. GoT4SQL-DA addresses two key ...
Windows Report

Microsoft Announces Retirement of Access Database Compare Tool

Microsoft has confirmed that it will retire the Database Compare tool in Microsoft Access, marking the end of a long-standing utility used by developers and IT professionals. The tool allowed users to ...