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Announcements April 20, 2017 1 min read

Resumable Online Index Rebuild is in public preview for SQL Server 2017 CTP 2.0

We are delighted to announce that Resumable Online Index Rebuild is now available for public preview in the SQL Server vNext 2017 CTP 2.

Announcements April 19, 2017 8 min read

Delivering AI with data: the next generation of the Microsoft data platform

This post was authored by Joseph Sirosh, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Data Group Leveraging intelligence out of the ever-increasing amounts of data can make the difference between being the next market disruptor or being relegated to the pages of history.

Announcements April 13, 2017 2 min read

Crossplatform Tools for SQL Server opened for community localization

This post was authored by Mona Nasr and Andy Gonzalez, Program Manager in C+E APEX Global Services In February 2017, we announced that the localization of Crossplatform Tools for SQL Server (mssql for Visual Studio Code and SQL Tools Service) is open for community contributions on GitHub.

Announcements April 3, 2017 1 min read

SQL Server Command Line Tools for Mac: Preview now available

This post was authored by Meet Bhagdev, Program Manager, Microsoft We are excited to announce the availability of the preview for SQL Server Command Line Tools (sqlcmd and bcp) on Mac OS.

Announcements March 7, 2017 2 min read

Gartner names Microsoft a leader in the Magic Quadrant for Data Management Solutions for Analytics (DMSA)

This post was authored by Rohan Kumar, General Manager, DS SQL Engineering.

Announcements February 17, 2017 4 min read

SQL Server on Linux: Mission-critical HADR with Always On Availability Groups

This post was authored by Mihaela Blendea, Senior Program Manager, SQL Server In keeping with our goal to enable the same High Availability and Disaster Recovery solutions on all platforms supported by SQL Server, today Microsoft is excited to announce the preview of Always On Availability Groups for Linux in SQL Server v.

Announcements February 8, 2017 1 min read

January 2017 Leaderboard of Database Systems contributors on MSDN

This post was authored by Rahul Venkatraj, Program Manager, Data Platform Group

Announcements January 23, 2017 1 min read

SQL Server named DBMS of the Year by DB-Engines

SQL Server was recently named DBMS of the Year by DB-Engines.

Announcements January 23, 2017 1 min read

December 2016 Leaderboard of Database Systems contributors on MSDN

This post was authored by Rahul Venkatraj, Program Manager, Data Platform Group We continue to receive encouraging comments from the community on the Leaderboard.

Announcements November 28, 2016 1 min read

Recognizing the top Database Systems contributors on MSDN forums!

We are planning to launch a monthly leaderboard for the top contributors on MSDN forums.

Announcements November 16, 2016 7 min read

Announcing the Next Generation of Databases and Data Lakes from Microsoft

This post was authored by Joseph Sirosh, Corporate Vice President of the Microsoft Data Group.

Announcements November 16, 2016 3 min read

Announcing SQL Server on Linux public preview, first preview of next release of SQL Server

This post was authored by Tiffany Wissner, Senior Director of Data Platform Marketing Today, we are excited to announce the public preview of the next release of SQL Server on Linux and Windows, which brings the power of SQL Server to both Windows – and for the first time ever – Linux.

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