Microsoft SQL Server Blog

Mar 18
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Advancing agentic AI with Microsoft databases across a unified data estate 

Built on a consistent Microsoft SQL foundation from on premises to the cloud, Azure SQL brings AI capabilities directly into your database experience.

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SQL Server 2008 R2 gets an official date 

Today, SQL Server 2008 R2 received an official release date. It will be listed on Microsoft’s May price list, and will be available by May

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Microsoft and HP strengthen 25 year partnership 

HP and Microsoft Corp. today announced an agreement to expand on their 25-year partnership with a $250 million investment that will simplify technology environments. The

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Book Recommendation from Buck Woody 

Buck is re-reading the “Fourth Paradigm” book by Microsoft Research. He is particularly intrigued by data design section. Looking for something to read in the

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Announcing the SQL Server 2008 R2 November CTP 

At the PASS Summit 2009 last week, Ted Kummert announced the soon-to-be-delivered November SQL Server 2008 R2 Community Technology Preview. We’re happy to announce that

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Day 3 at PASS Summit 2009 

David Dewitt presented today’s keynote. He promised to be detailed and he delivered! The tweets were all about the great info he presented and if

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Day 2 at PASS Summit 2009 

Tom Casey took the stage and dazzled the crowd with PowerPivot demos. You could hear the mad clicking of keys as the bloggers wrote about

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Tom Casey PASS Twitterview 

Today at the PASS 2009 Summit the spotlight was on business intelligence (BI) with a keynote from Tom Casey, general manager, SQL Server BI at

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Ted Kummert PASS Twitterview 

Ted Kummert, senior vice president of the business platform division at Microsoft, spoke yesterday to a live audience of more than 2,000 attendees at the