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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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Data Science Perspectives: Q&A with Microsoft Data Scientists Val Fontama and Wee Hyong Tok
You can’t read the tech press without seeing news of exciting advancements or opportunities in data science and advanced analytics. -
Relational Data Warehouse + Big Data Analytics: Analytics Platform System (APS) Appliance Update 3
This blog post was authored by: Matt Usher, Senior PM on the Microsoft Analytics Platform System (APS) team Microsoft is happy to announce the release of the Analytics Platform System (APS) Appliance Update (AU) 3. -
Six Benefits to Planning for SQL Server 2005 and Windows Server 2003 End of Support Now
As the end of 2014 nears, now is the perfect time to review IT infrastructure plans for the coming year. -
Now Available: Updated SQL Server PHP and JDBC Drivers
As part of SQL Server’s ongoing interoperability program, we are pleased to announce the general availability of two SQL Server drivers: the Microsoft JDBC Driver for SQL Server and the SQL Server Driver for PHP are now available! Both drivers provide that robust data access to Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Azure SQL Database. -
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.
