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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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Microsoft adds forecasting capabilities to Power BI for O365
The PASS Business Analytics Conference — the event where big data meets business analytics – kicked off today in San Jose. -
Introducing the AzureCAT PPI Theater at PASS BA
The AzureCAT (Customer Advisory Team) is returning to the world of PASS and joining all of you Data lovin’ folks at the PASS BA conference this week in sunny San Jose! For those you that aren’t familiar with AzureCAT, we are a Microsoft organization in the Cloud and Enterprise division that spends 100% of our […] -
In-Memory OLTP Sample for SQL Server 2014 RTM
SQL Server 2014 introduces the new In-Memory OLTP feature to boost performance of OLTP workloads. -
Azure SQL Database: Service Tiers & Performance Q&A
A few days ago, I published a post with some anticipated questions & answers to provide details on the new service tiers for Microsoft Azure SQL Database, announced on April 24. -
Forrester Consulting study finds cost, business continuity benefits from cloud backup and disaster recovery
Maybe you have read about cloud database backup and disaster recovery (DR) but wanted to know more about the results achieved by real companies. -
Azure SQL Database: New Service Tiers Q&A
Earlier this month, we celebrated the launch of Microsoft SQL Server 2014, announced that the Analytics Platform System is generally available, and shared a preview of the Intelligent Systems Service. -
Change the Game with APS and PolyBase
Guest blog post by: James Rowland-Jones (JRJ), SQL Server MVP, PASS Board Director, SQLBits organiser and owner of The Big Bang Data Company (@BigBangDataCo). -
The Microsoft Infinity Room Photo Contest Has a Winner!
Congratulations to Edgar Rivera, whose Microsoft Infinity Room photo won the #InsightsAwait Photo Sweepstakes. -
ICYMI: Data platform momentum
The last couple months have seen the addition of several new products that extend Microsoft’s data platform offerings. -
SQL Server 2014 and the DBA: Building Bridges
Guest blog post by: SQL Server MVP Denise McInerney – Vice President of Marketing for PASS and a Data Engineer at Intuit – began her career as a SQL Server DBA in 1998 and now applies her deep understanding of data to enable analytic solutions to business problems. -
Introducing the Microsoft Analytics Platform System – the turnkey appliance for big data analytics
At the Accelerate your Insights event last week, Satya Nadella introduced the new Microsoft Analytics Platform System (APS) as Microsoft’s solution for delivering “Big Data in a box. -
Progressive Insurance data performance grows by factor of four, fueling business growth online experience
At the Accelerate your Insights event last week, Quentin Clark described how SQL Server 2014 was now part of a platform that had in-built in-memory technology across all data workloads.
