Release 1.36.0

Version 1.36.0

• Release date: September 12, 2025
• Release status: GA

What’s new in 1.36.0

• Introduced Fabric Connectivity (Public Preview) to browse Fabric workspaces and connect to SQL databases or SQL analytics endpoints directly from the Connection dialog
• Introduced SQL database in Fabric provisioning (Public Preview) to create Fabric SQL databases from the Deployments page with capacity awareness and automatic connection on completion
• Added GitHub Copilot Slash Commands (Public Preview) providing quick chat shortcuts for connection management, schema exploration, and query tasks
• Enabled Schema Compare to be launched from external extensions and SQL Projects through a new run command, also used to support the Update Project From Database feature
• Improved query results performance and stability including incremental streaming, smoother tab switching without freezes, honoring mssql.persistQueryResultTabs setting, and preventing file‑close race conditions during execution
• Improved connection reliability when opening via VS Code URIs and resolved authentication issues, including preserving saved passwords after failed connections
• Fixed an issue where invalid Microsoft Entra ID account entries could result in no accounts or tenants appearing in the Connection dialog
• Fixed an issue where the Most Recently Used list saved the active database instead of <Default>