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At Microsoft Build, SQL Server 2025 enters public preview with major enhancements in AI integration, performance, reliability and developer tools -- reaffirming Microsoft’s continued investment in its ...

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In this post, we will show you how to create email templates in the new Outlook app for Windows 11. Creating email or message templates in Microsoft Outlook (classic) involved manually composing an ...