Use Azure SQL and MSSQL 2025 vector search features to build AI apps (and beyond!)

Azure SQL and SQL Server 2025 now support native vector data types and vector search features. In this video, we’ll explore how these features work, and how to use them to implement vector search and build AI powered apps. Vector search lets you query your data to find results with contextual similarity and semantic relationships or connections. This enables powerful use cases like search and recommendation engines, chatting with AI models about your data, and more. Resource links: https://github.com/alex-wolf-ps/ai-image-search/tree/azure-sql-vector https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/computer-vision/how-to/image-retrieval?tabs=csharp AI Vision Text and Image base urls: https://your-endpoint/computervision/retrieval:vectorizeImage?api-version=2024-02-01&model-version=2023-04-15 https://your-endpoint/computervision/retrieval:vectorizeText?api-version=2024-02-01&model-version=2023-04-15 Sample image urls: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alex-wolf-ps/ai-image-search/refs/heads/azure-sql-vector/wwwroot/images/cake.jpg https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alex-wolf-ps/ai-image-search/refs/heads/azure-sql-vector/wwwroot/images/salad-house.jpg https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alex-wolf-ps/ai-image-search/refs/heads/azure-sql-vector/wwwroot/images/latte.jpg Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:38 Prereqs and feature status 05:54 Essential vector feature concepts 09:05 SQL vector search walkthrough 19:25 Realistic sample app example Related AI and coding videos: Build an AI app to search your images https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VU1QKJvVcs Use AI to chat with a SQL Database 4.0 - local AI, MySQL and Postgres, and more! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhckFmB35vA Build a fully local AI RAG solution with .NET https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d60njrs_raY The .NET AI Ecosystem as simple as possible https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYTwSIbBKLU .NET 9.0 Blazor Features in 9 Minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqEe9i7Gfy0 Build AI Apps with Semantic Kernel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCGZPhnTGHM Setup Stable Diffusion locally: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K2E0kJfb8A AI Upscale any video on your local machine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm3rMvJ6srg