As I described here, Power BI can send SQL queries in parallel in DirectQuery mode and you can see from the Timeline column there is some parallelism happening here – the last two SQL queries ...

The current wave of artificial intelligence (AI) transformation is not the first tech evolution where cloud mid-market tool Sage Intacct has had to win ...

As artificial intelligence (AI) development accelerates, power consumption across computing platforms is climbing sharply. Competition among data and computing centers is no longer limited to server ...

Client libraries are necessary for client applications and tools to connect to Analysis Services. Microsoft client applications like Power BI Desktop, Excel, SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), and ...

Enterprises with on-premises SQL Server infrastructure face a choice by January 2027: migrate database monitoring to Azure’s consumption-based billing, or lose support for critical SCOM Management ...

Microsoft deprecates SSRS, PBIRS and SSAS management packs for SCOM, ending support in 2027. The move signals a shift from on-prem SCOM extensions toward cloud-based SQL Server monitoring. IT teams ...

Microsoft is moving another core database management component into the cloud, continuing its broader shift away from traditional on-premises infrastructure. According to Neowin, the company has ...

For this week’s Ask An SEO, a reader asked: “Is there any difference between how AI systems handle JavaScript-rendered or interactively hidden content compared to traditional Google indexing? What ...

Samsung Electronics (SSNLF) and SK hynix (HXSC.F) are looking to raise prices for server memory by up to 70% in the first quarter, while a surging demand in AI impacts global supply, The Korea ...

In early 2020, the prevailing narrative in the power sector was a continuation story of the developments from the decade before: renewable buildout will keep compounding, thermal capacity will keep ...

Microsoft is working to resolve a known issue that causes its Defender for Endpoint enterprise endpoint security platform to incorrectly tag SQL Server software as end-of-life. According to a service ...

This month’s collection of fixes from Microsoft includes 86 patches — but at least there were no zero-day bugs. Microsoft released 86 patches this week with updates for Office, Windows, and SQL Server ...