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Final Countdown for #SQLFamily Gives Back
There are only a two days left until the New Year, which means your last chance to submit a #SQLFamily story and contribute to the Pragmatic Works Foundation drive is fast approaching. All submissions are due by December 31st, 2011 at 11:59pm PST, and there is still an opportunity to help us reach our goal -
Keep the #SQLFamily stories coming!
The holidays are here and the “#SQLFamily Gives Back” Campaign is continuing to pick up steam. The SQL Server community has raised $1,300, which will allow for 26 people to receive SQL training! Thank you to everyone who submitted this week! There is still plenty of time to submit your story. Doing so by December -
Cloud Service Providers are Going “Live” with SQL Server 2012 RC0
A few months back we announced SQL Server 2012 availability on Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). Since that time we are seeing more momentum worldwide as other service provider partners are going live with SQL Server 2012 for their customers in their cloud leveraging the latest SQL Server 2012 RC0 release. A few examples we -
#SQLFamily is Giving Back – Week 1
Wow #SQLFamily…just wow. The SQL Server Team has been overwhelmed by the amazing outpouring of support from the #SQLFamily. In just a few days, the community is off to a great start in sending us submissions that have raised money for the Pragmatic Works Foundation, a non-profit that provides free technical training to veterans, the -
Availability of Community Technology Preview (CTP) of Hadoop based Service on Windows Azure
In October at the PASS Summit 2011, Microsoft announced expanded investments in “Big Data”, including a new Apache Hadoop™ based distribution for Windows Server and service for Windows Azure. In doing so, we extended Microsoft’s leadership in BI and Data Warehousing, enabling our customers to glean and manage insights for any data, any size, anywhere. -
Help the #SQLFamily Give Back
Back in November, the SQL Server team witnessed an outpouring of support for the #SQLFamily meme started by Thomas LaRock (aka @SQLRockstar) and Karen Lopez (@datachick). For an installment of SQL Rockstar’s “Meme Monday,” they asked the SQL community to share the meaning behind #SQLFamily. The responses were heartwarming and painted a picture of a -
Announcing Microsoft Codename “Data Transfer” Lab
We are pleased to announce the release of the Microsoft Codename “Data Transfer” Lab. Microsoft Codename “Data Transfer” is an easy-to-use Web application to import your data into SQL Azure or Blob storage. Whether you’re: Preparing data for cloud analytics Uploading files to power your Azure service or Web application Propagating your data to SQL -
The First Private Cloud Appliance
What’s inside the new HP Enterprise Database Consolidation Appliance? On Sept 13th, we launched the new HP Database Consolidation Appliance which supports deploying 1000’s of workloads in a private cloud infrastructure. The solution is specifically designed for I/O intensive workloads and can load balance a complex mix of workloads across multiple racks that are required -
SQL Server 2012 Express LocalDB RC0 Now Available
We are pleased to announce that SQL Server 2012 Express LocalDB Release Candidate 0 is now available for download. Try it here today! LocalDB is a new version of Express created specifically for developers. It is very easy to install and requires no management, yet it offers the same T-SQL language, programming surface and client-side -
Available Today: Preview Release of the SQL Server ODBC Driver for Linux
In our continued commitment to interoperability, we are very excited to announce the availability of a preview release of the SQL Server ODBC Driver for Linux! This release will allow native developers to access Microsoft SQL Server from Linux operating systems. To assist our customers with native applications on multi-platform we have ported our existing, -
Microsoft Codename “Social Analytics” Lab
A few weeks ago we released a new “lab” on a site which some of you may be aware of called SQL Azure | Labs. We created this site as an outlet for projects incubated out of teams who are passionate about an idea. The labs allow you to experiment and engage with teams on -
SQL Server 2012 Release Candidate is now Available!
Building on our announcement at the PASS Summit 2011 in early October, today we are excited to announce the SQL Server 2012 Release Candidate (RC). SQL Server 2012 RC is the first release which is feature complete and represents an exciting milestone for customers and partners looking to experience the full value of SQL Server -
The Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Special Ops Tour is coming!
CALLING ALL SQL SERVER PROFESSIONALS Do you want Microsoft to come to your city? This March, Microsoft is teaming with PASS to bring you the SQL Server 2012 Special Ops Tour, a cross-country, technical training roadshow that will take us to 12 cities across America. But this is your tour, and we want hear from -
Two New Training Programs for SQL MCM Preparedness
We are pleased to announce two new training opportunities being launched by Microsoft Learning to help prepare candidates for the Certified Master exams or for anyone looking to take their SQL Server skills to the next level. Coming November 29: Accelerated Prep for Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server 2008 As an experienced SQL Server IT