SQL Server 2019 community technology preview 3.1 is now available 

SQL Server 2019 community technology preview 3.0 is now available 

SQL Server 2019 community technology preview 2.4 is now available 

SSMS 17.8 is now available – SQL Server Blog 

SQL Server 2017 Community Technology Preview 2.0 now available 

Microsoft SQL Server Developer Edition is now free 

Two Factor Authentication with GitHub and Visual Studio 2013

Big news: a new version of the NuGet clients has been released! This is version 3.3 of the client, with a new command-line and Visual Studio 2015 extension available for use. 

.NET 8 RC1 is now available. This is our first of two release candidates. This release includes a new AOT mode for both Android and WASM, System.Text.Json improvements, and Azure Managed Identity support for containers. Now is great time to pick up and test .NET 8 if you haven’t yet.  

Introduction to SQL Server Identity