Microsoft announced the general availability of SQL Server 2019 and SQL Server Big Data Clusters at its Ignite conference on Monday. SQL Server 2019 builds on intelligent query processing features ...

Get the lowdown on SP-1's added features, including fully supported database mirroring, bug fixes, and add-ons for SQL Express. What's more, SP1 not only contains bug fixes, but also delivers ...

® SQL Server (TM) and Visual Studio® product lines to include new tools for hobbyists, enthusiasts and students. The Express products offer lightweight, easy-to-use and easy-to-learn products that ...

For as long as I can remember, I have always configured the computers within my own organization to store data on network servers as opposed to the data being stored on workstations. That way, if one ...

Microsoft has open sourced the Java language extension it added to SQL Server 2019 last year. Language extensions are used in SQL Server to allow users to execute code externally for queries. The ...

Nodes can run as SQL compute nodes, SQL storage nodes or HDFS data nodes. In the HDFS case, SQL Server and Apache Spark run co-located, in the same container. All of this interoperability is enabled ...

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

Microsoft continues to make positive strides in the world of open source. The company once considered open source software to be an anathema, but now it’s common for Microsoft to pull software ...

At Microsoft's Ignite digital event this week, the company is announcing the private preview of SQL Server 2022, the next version of its three-decades-old relational database management system (RDBMS) ...

PolyBase, a data virtualization feature for SQL Server, allows users to seamlessly query data from various external sources directly using T-SQL (Transact-SQL) without the need for separate client ...