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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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Technology Helps the Next Generation of Graduates
Today we have a guest post from SQL Server MVP Brian Knight. -
Partner Blog Feature: Why Epicor thinks Microsoft SQL Server 2012 makes Business Intelligence Personal
Erik Johnson, VP of Product Research at Epicor Software Corporation and an avid SQL Server Developer for over 10 years has recently posted a great blog discussing how companies of any size can benefit from the innovations in SQL Server 2012. -
The Fantastic 12 of 2012: Behind the Scenes of Creating “Rapid Data Exploration & Visualization”
We have reached the final week of the Fantastic 12 of 2012 contest. -
The Fantastic 12 of 2012: Behind the Scenes of Creating Optimized Productivity
The 11th episode of The Fantastic 12 of 2012: Behind the Scenes Blog Series is here, and we are excited to be discussing optimized IT and developer productivity across server and cloud with a common toolset. -
The Fantastic 12 of 2012: Behind the Scenes of Creating Fast Time to Solution Technologies
In the 10th episode of the Behind the Scenes series, it’s time to talk about reducing complexity and accelerating time to solution with turn-key appliances and cloud offerings. -
Hy-Vee boosts performance by up to 100X, increases competitiveness with Parallel Data Warehouse deployment
We’ve recently been talking about what goes on behind the scenes with SQL Server. -
New SQL Services in Windows Azure
As we shared with the launch of Windows Azure, we are advancing our proven on-premises technologies into the cloud to offer customers the flexibility and efficiency of Hybrid IT. -
The Fantastic 12 of 2012: Behind the Scenes of Developing Scale on Demand Capabilities
We’ve reached the ninth episode of the Behind the Scenes series and in this episode Cihan Biyikoglu (@cihangirb), Senior Program Manager, Windows Azure SQL Database Team, pulls back the curtains on how small engineering teams take an idea and develop it into a feature concept, along with the process and challenges of building consensus around […] -
The Fantastic 12 of 2012: Behind the Scenes of Big Data Analytics and Data Warehousing
We’re back with a new episode of The Fantastic 12 of 2012: Behind the Scenes Series and this week we’re covering the hot topic of Big Data! In this episode, Saptak Sen, Senior Product Manager, recaps some the conversations he recently had with customers at the 2012 Strata Conference and the Gartner Business Intelligence Summit […] -
Microsoft TechEd turns 20 with the SQL Server Team on hand to celebrate!
It has been 20 years since Microsoft started TechEd to provide hands on training from Microsoft experts across current and soon-to-release products, solutions and services. -
Microsoft, SAP, IBM, Citrix, Progress Software and WSO2 co-submit OData to OASIS for standardization
Last November, at PASS 2011, Ted Kummert, CVP, SQL Server laid out Microsoft’s data platform vision for the new world of data that we all live in – one that is characterized by an tremendous growth in the volume, variety and velocity of data that we need to deal with. -
The Fantastic 12 of 2012: Behind the Scenes of Credible, Consistent Data
We’ve crossed the halfway point in The Fantastic 12 of 2012: Behind the Scenes Blog Series and would be delighted to get your feedback on the series as well as The Fantastic 12 of #SQL2012 Twitter Contest.
