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SQL Server on Azure Local is now generally available
With SQL Server on Azure Local, customers can modernize where their data resides while maintaining control over infrastructure, connectivity, and data placement.
What’s next for SQL? Performance, scale, AI, and developer productivity at the European SQL Community Conference
Join Microsoft Fabric and SQL Community Conference 2026 in Barcelona to explore SQL Server 2025, Azure SQL Database Hyperscale, developer productivity tools, and the future of AI-powered data platforms.
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The February 2020 release of Azure Data Studio is now available
We are excited to share that the February release of Azure Data Studio is now available. -
The ultimate performance for your big data with SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters
Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Big Data Cluster enables intelligence over all your data and helps remove data silos by combining both structured and unstructured data across the entire data estate. -
Improvements to machine learning capabilities in SQL Server 2019
Many organizations seek to do more with their data than pump out dashboards and reports. -
Tools and commands for running SQL Server 2019 on Linux
Organizations that embraced the option to run Microsoft SQL Server 2017 on Linux have been looking forward to the release of SQL Server 2019. -
Easier management of PolyBase and relational data through SQL Server 2019
The days when a database administrator (DBA) could specialize solely in a single database technology are rapidly ending. -
What’s new with SQL Server 2019 Linux features
With SQL Server 2017, Microsoft entered the world of multi-OS platform support for SQL Server. -
How to configure persistent memory for SQL Server on Linux
With the release of SQL Server 2019 on Linux, Microsoft introduced persistent memory (PMEM) support on Linux. -
How to deploy SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters
SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters is a scale-out, data virtualization platform built on top of the Kubernetes container platform. -
Reflections on PASS Summit 2019 from the SQL Tools Team
Last September at Microsoft Ignite 2018, Rohan Kumar, Corporate Vice President of Azure Data, announced the general availability of Azure Data Studio. -
Five essential skills for today’s database administrators
DevOps, the cloud, and new database technologies mean our jobs as database administrators (DBAs) are changing at an ever-faster pace. -
Build an intelligent analytics platform with SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters
In the most recent releases, SQL Server went beyond relational data and enabled support for graph data, R, and Python machine learning, while making SQL Server available on Linux and containers in addition to Windows. -
New in Azure Synapse Analytics: CICD for SQL Analytics using SQL Server Data Tools
At Microsoft Ignite 2019, we announced Azure Synapse Analytics, a major evolution of Azure SQL Data Warehouse.
