Microsoft SQL Server Blog
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How the Microsoft SQL team is investing in SQL tools and experiences
Microsoft is modernizing SQL tools with AI, SSMS, Visual Studio Code, and DevOps features to boost productivity and future-proof development.
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Microsoft Strengthens Data Platform with SQL Database and Big Data Appliance Updates, Adds New Java SDK for its NoSQL Service
By Tiffany Wissner, Senior Director, Data Platform Making it easier for more of our customers to access our latest big data technologies, we are announcing updates to some of our flagship data platform products and services. -
Best of 2014: Top 10 Data Exposed Channel 9 Videos for Data Devs
Have you been watching Data Exposed over on Channel 9? If you’re a data developer, Data Exposed is a great place to learn more about what you can do with data: relational and non-relational, on-premises and in the cloud, big and small. -
The Best of Both Worlds: Top Benefits and Scenarios for Hybrid Hadoop, from On-Premises to the Cloud
Historically, Hadoop has been a platform for big data that you either deploy on-premises with your own hardware or in the cloud and managed by a hosting vendor. -
Azure HDInsight Adds Deeper Tooling Experience in Visual Studio
To allow developers in Visual Studio to more easily incorporate the benefits of “big data” with their custom applications, Microsoft is adding a deeper tooling experience for HDInsight in Visual Studio in the most recent version of the Azure SDK. -
Azure HDInsight Clusters Allows Custom Installation of Spark Using Script Action
Apache Spark is a popular open source framework for distributed cluster computing. -
APS Best Practice: How to Optimize Query Performance by Minimizing Data Movement
by Rob Farley, LobsterPot Solutions The Analytics Platform System, with its MPP SQL Server engine (SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse) can deliver performance and scalability for analytics workloads that you may not have expected from SQL Server. -
Preview Release of the SQL Server JDBC Driver
Today we are pleased to announce the availability of a community technology preview release of the Microsoft JDBC Driver for SQL Server! Download the preview driver today here. -
In-Memory Technology in SQL Server 2014 Provides Samsung ElectroMechanics with Huge Performance Gains
We’ve been talking a lot lately about our in-memory technology in SQL Server. -
AlwaysOn Availability Groups Now Support Internal Listeners on Azure Virtual Machines
We’re excited to announce that AlwaysOn Availability Groups now support Internal Listeners on Azure Virtual Machines. -
Available Now: Preview Release of the SQL Server PHP Driver
Today we are pleased to announce the availability of a community technology preview release of the SQL Server Driver for PHP! Download the preview driver today here. -
Microsoft announces major update to Azure SQL Database, adds free tier to Azure Machine Learning
This morning at the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) Summit, we celebrated SQL Server 2014’s strong momentum and introduced new services that further expand Microsoft’s big data platform. -
The Ins and Outs of Azure Stream Analytics – Real-Time Event Processing
Yesterday at TechEd Europe 2014, Microsoft announced the preview of Azure Stream Analytics.
