Announcing the public preview of vector indexing using DiskANN in Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance and SQL database in Microsoft Fabric. DiskANN is an algorithm for efficient vector similarity search, making it ideal for product recommendations or image search applications. Designed for large-scale vector search and recommendation systems, DiskANN seamlessly integrates with the existing capabilities of Microsoft SQL query engine, enabling you to build complex, multimodal semantic search capabilities in modern applications.
This release follows the general availability of the vector data type and vector functions announced this summer, giving you foundational AI capabilities right in the database engine.