Today we are announcing that Microsoft is aligning with ODBC for native relational data access – the de-facto industry standard. This move supports our commitment to interoperability and our partners and customers’ journey to the cloud. SQL...

In our continued commitment to interoperability, we would like to share what the SQL Server product team has been doing for Java and PHP developers. We understand that our customers have application development across all platforms, so providing consistent...

Two weeks ago, Microsoft announced its commitment to Hadoop and promised to release new connectors to promote interoperability between Hadoop and SQL Server. Today we are announcing the availability of the Community Technology Preview (CTP) of two connectors...

Master Data Services has made great strides to further remove the barriers to implementing MDM technology and processes into all size of businesses.   New features such as the MDS Add-in for Excel and a re-architected process for loading data should...

We know many of you have downloaded SQL Server Code Name “Denali” CTP3 and have started testing out all of the new capabilities. Our engineering team has started to receive some great product feedback via our Connect Site however we know there...

What is SQL Server AlwaysOn? SQL Server AlwaysOn is the new high availability and disaster recovery solution for the next release of SQL Server. Using AlwaysOn businesses can achieve increased application availability for their mission critical applications...

In a world of continuously growing amounts of data, data quality is becoming crucial. In order to clean your data and get to a high quality, you need to know “things” about it. We call this “ knowledge ”. Knowledge can be...

Over the last couple of months the SQL engineering team has been busy preparing SQL Server Code Name “Denali” CTP3 . As part of that effort, I have been driving the Beyond Relational scenario, that is adding some useful, cool and in some cases...

Today we are excited to announce the release of the SQL Server Code Name “Denali” Community Technology Preview 3 (CTP3) Product Guide. It is available for download now ! This product guide release represents a significant milestone for customers...

Today, businesses are increasingly facing a “data deluge,” as the complexity and volume of data grows steadily. Meanwhile, IT continues to grapple with how to manage, store that data, as well as unlock the valuable business insights that data...

Do you have a data warehouse?   Do you wish your queries would run faster?   If your answers are yes, check out the new columnstore index (aka Project “Apollo”) in SQL Server Code Name “Denali” today! Why use a column store? SQL Server’s traditional...

  We recognize that each organization has its own unique challenges and requirements, and this is no different when it comes to taking advantage of the cloud. Organizations have different requirements when it comes to security, compliance, application...