by Sean Chan
2 years
Microsoft released SQL Server 2016 last year on Windows 10 as well as Linux. The company’s SQL Server was actually one of its surprise hits last year. That’s because a new report from DB-Engines states that Microsoft&#...
by Pradeep
2 years
Built on the proven analytics engine in Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services, Azure Analysis Services provides enterprise-grade data modeling in the cloud. It is compatible with the SQL Server 2016 Analysis Services Enterprise E...
by Pradeep
2 years
Microsoft yesterday announced the release of Analytics Platform System (APS) 2016. Analytics Platform System is Microsoft’s scale-out Massively Parallel Processing fully integrated system for data warehouse specific workloads. ...
by Pradeep
2 years
Microsoft yesterday released images for SQL Server 2016 on Windows Server 2016 in the Azure Marketplace. Microsoft also announced the public availability of SQL Server 2016 Express Edition in Windows Containers. The image is now a...
by Pradeep
2 years
Back in May, Lenovo published a new number one TPC-H 30TB world record using SQL Server 2016 and Windows Server 2016 on Lenovo System x3950 X6. Last week, Lenovo published the best performance and the best price/performance ever o...
by Pradeep
2 years
Microsoft recently announced that SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) now supports developing databases using Always Encrypted. Always Encrypted is a feature designed to protect sensitive data, such as credit card numbers or national ide...
by Pradeep
3 years
Microsoft today announced the general availability of SQL Server 2016. Microsoft claims that SQL Server 2016 is the world’s fastest and most price-performant database for HTAP (Hybrid Transactional and Analytical Processing) wit...
by Pradeep
3 years
Last week, Microsoft announced their plans to bring SQL Server to Linux. Microsoft launched the “core relational database capabilities” in (private) preview last week, and it will be available for more users in mid-2017. To ...
by Pradeep
3 years
In the past few years, Microsoft’s SQL Server leads the industry on security, performance, and price. But still Oracle leads the database market with more than double the market share of Microsoft. To attract Oracle customer...
4 years
Microsoft today announced the release of first public Community Technology Preview (CTP2) for SQL Server 2016. SQL Server 2016 provides breakthrough performance for mission critical applications and deeper insights on your data ac...