{"id":5343,"date":"2026-02-15T21:51:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T05:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/?p=5343"},"modified":"2026-03-13T12:07:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T19:07:39","slug":"new-course-sql-server-vector-search-in-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/new-course-sql-server-vector-search-in-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"New course and bundle: SQL Server 2025 Vector Search in Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(TL;DR; Video trailer for the new\u00a0course is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/sql-server-training\/aivsp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Joe&#8217;s next course, AIVSP: Vector Search in Practice, is now available!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/sql-server-training\/aivsp\/\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5341 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AIVSP-3stars_600x600-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AIVSP-3stars_600x600-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AIVSP-3stars_600x600-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AIVSP-3stars_600x600.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This online course builds on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/sql-server-training\/aivse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AIVSE: Vector Search Essentials<\/a> to cover production patterns for vector search in SQL Server 2025 and Azure SQL Database. Designed for SQL Server DBAs and developers who have completed the prerequisite course, you&#8217;ll learn how to select embedding models, design schemas, measure search quality, handle edge cases, and implement advanced patterns like reranking and RAG. Through detailed explanations and hands-on demonstrations, you&#8217;ll gain the practical knowledge needed to deploy and maintain vector search in production environments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The hands-on lab database and all demo scripts are available on GitHub. Whether you\u2019re running SQL Server locally, on a VM, or in Azure, the core concepts and query patterns you\u2019ll learn apply across all deployment options.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll learn the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Embedding model selection and evaluation<\/li>\n<li>Schema design patterns for long-term maintainability<\/li>\n<li>Measuring search quality with precision, recall, MRR, and nDCG metrics<\/li>\n<li>Diagnosing vector search failure modes<\/li>\n<li>Solving the post-filtering problem with candidate pool sizing<\/li>\n<li>Reranking strategies including Reciprocal Rank Fusion<\/li>\n<li>Document chunking approaches<\/li>\n<li>RAG pipeline implementation with local LLMs<\/li>\n<li>Embedding freshness maintenance<\/li>\n<li>Vector database selection criteria<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A video trailer and more information about the course is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/sql-server-training\/aivsp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It&#8217;s available in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/shop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shop<\/a>, for 1-year or lifetime access, and in a 1-year bundle with the AIVSE course. If you\u2019re a Blackbelt Lifetime subscriber, login and use the discount code \u2018bbai\u2019 to save $50 on the price (it automatically checks your account email), otherwise, check the newsletter on Tuesday morning for a $50 discount coupon.<\/p>\n<p>Any questions,\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:paul@sqlskills.com?subject=AIVSP%20question%20from%20blog\">let me know<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(TL;DR; Video trailer for the new\u00a0course is here.) Joe&#8217;s next course, AIVSP: Vector Search in Practice, is now available! This online course builds on AIVSE: Vector Search Essentials to cover production patterns for vector search in SQL Server 2025 and Azure SQL Database. 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