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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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PASS Summit 2014 – Don’t miss the largest conference for SQL Server Professionals
Do you have the “Data Gene”? Preparations for PASS Summit 2014 in Seattle, Washington are well underway. -
SQL Server AlwaysOn Offering in Microsoft Azure Portal Gallery
We are excited to announce the release of a SQL Server AlwaysOn template in the Microsoft Azure Portal Gallery. -
Azure previews fully-managed NoSQL database and search services
I am pleased to announce previews of new NoSQL database and search services and the evolution of our Hadoop-based service. -
PASS Summit 2014: Inside the World’s Largest Gathering of SQL Server and BI Professionals
PASS VP of Marketing Denise McInerney – a SQL Server MVP and Data Engineer at Intuit – began her career as a SQL Server DBA in 1998 and attended her first PASS Summit in 2002. -
Transitioning from SMP to MPP, the why and the how
This blog post was authored by: Sahaj Saini, PM on the Microsoft Analytics Platform System (APS) team. -
For proven in-memory technology without costly add-ons, migrate your Oracle databases to SQL Server 2014
Today, we are making available a new version of SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA), a free tool to help customers migrate their existing Oracle databases to SQL Server 2014. -
Get started backing up to the cloud with SQL Server Backup to Microsoft Azure Tool
If you’re considering backing up your SQL Server database to the cloud, there are many compelling reasons. -
Microsoft named a Leader in Agile Business Intelligence by Forrester
We are pleased to see Microsoft acknowledged by Forrester Research as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Agile Business Intelligence Platforms, Q3 2014. -
New: ASP.NET Session State Provider for SQL Server In-Memory OLTP
Microsoft SQL Server 2014 brings new performance and scalability gains by introducing In-Memory OLTP. -
Real world use cases of the Microsoft Analytics Platform System
This blog post was authored by: Murshed Zaman, AzureCAT PM and Sumin Mohanan, DS SDET With the advent of SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse (the MPP version of SQL Server) V2 AU1 (Appliance Update 1), PDW got a new name: the Analytics Platform System [Appliance] or APS. -
Driving Ground Breaking BI with APS
This blog post will detail how APS gives users the ability to: Leverage Power Query, Power Pivot, and Power Map at massive scale Iteratively query APS, adding BI on the fly Combine data seamlessly from PDW, HDI, and Azure using PolyBase The Microsoft Analytics Platform System (APS) is a powerful scale out data warehouse solution […] -
Webcast: Database cloud backup and DR – a strategic imperative
The cloud is creating radical changes in how information technology is architected.
