How to get the last record per group in SQL

You can use a ranking function and a common table expression.

WITH e AS
(
     SELECT *,
         ROW_NUMBER() OVER
         (
             PARTITION BY ApplicationId
             ORDER BY CONVERT(datetime, [Date], 101) DESC, [Time] DESC
         ) AS Recency
     FROM [Event]
)
SELECT *
FROM e
WHERE Recency = 1

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