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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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SQL Server JumpIn! Camp: Engineers helping engineers
As part of Microsoft’s commitment to participate in and contribute to the PHP community we’re excited to be working together with some of the key PHP applications in the world. -
Announcing the HP Business Data Warehouse Appliance
Today we announced the Microsoft Data Warehouse appliance from HP called the HP Business Data Warehouse (BDW). -
A Growing Family of Solutions by HP and Microsoft
HP and Microsoft have partnered for more than year to jointly deliver optimized hardware and software solutions never seen before with SQL Server and a hardware vendor. -
Fourth Largest US Stock Exchange, Direct Edge, Looks to SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse for Big Data Needs
We’re pleased to share that Direct Edge, the United States’ fourth largest stock exchange, has chosen SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) to help manage the increasing volume of data acquired daily through its trading platforms. -
Got Servers? Cisco does! Oh by the way they’ll rock your SQL Server 2008 R2 configuration, too
Hey, what’s this? Cisco makes servers? Yes, it is true. -
Microsoft Introduces the Cloud-Ready Information Platform
TechEd North America is upon us today and we couldn’t be more thrilled. -
Visualize This: Take our PowerPivot Quiz and Win an Xbox 360
What kind of PowerPivot nerd are you? A Numbers Ninja? A Data Mining Wizard? Find out by taking our Nerdtastic PowerPivot Quiz on Facebook. -
SQL Server Migration Assistant v5.0 is now available
Migrate from Sybase, Oracle, MySQL and Microsoft Access to SQL Azure and SQL Server with ease! Microsoft announced today the release of SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) v5. -
Microsoft Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2008 SP2 Now Certified as Common Criteria Validated Products
At Microsoft we are constantly striving to make the computing environment as secure as possible. -
SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 CTP Now Available for Testing
SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 CTP contains cumulative updates 1-6 for SQL Server 2008 R2, and fixes to issues that have been reported through our customer feedback platforms. -
Participate in the SQL Server Twitter Challenge!
We have looked high and low for anything with the SQL Server logo and have managed to pull together some stuff to give away to our Twitter followers! We will ask 12 questions about SQL Server on our official Twitter channel at approximately 10:00AM PDT (-8:00 GMT) on each Tuesday and Friday between April 7th, […] -
Microsoft to showcase technology leadership for Oracle users at COLLABORATE 11
We’re excited to join you in Orlando next week. This year’s Microsoft participation will be headlined by Doug Kennedy, VP, Microsoft Dynamics Partners and Dynamics Support Services.
