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Relational Data Warehouse + Big Data Analytics: Analytics Platform System (APS) Appliance Update 3
This blog post was authored by: Matt Usher, Senior PM on the Microsoft Analytics Platform System (APS) team Microsoft is happy to announce the release of the Analytics Platform System (APS) Appliance Update (AU) 3. APS is Microsoft’s big data in a box appliance for serving the needs of relational data warehouses at massive scale. -
Six Benefits to Planning for SQL Server 2005 and Windows Server 2003 End of Support Now
As the end of 2014 nears, now is the perfect time to review IT infrastructure plans for the coming year. If you haven’t made supportability a key initiative for 2015, there are some important dates that you should know about: Windows Server 2003 extended support ends on July 14, 2015. Extended support for SQL Server -
Now Available: Updated SQL Server PHP and JDBC Drivers
As part of SQL Server’s ongoing interoperability program, we are pleased to announce the general availability of two SQL Server drivers: the Microsoft JDBC Driver for SQL Server and the SQL Server Driver for PHP are now available! Both drivers provide that robust data access to Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Azure SQL Database. The -
Microsoft Strengthens Data Platform with SQL Database and Big Data Appliance Updates, Adds New Java SDK for its NoSQL Service
By Tiffany Wissner, Senior Director, Data Platform Making it easier for more of our customers to access our latest big data technologies, we are announcing updates to some of our flagship data platform products and services. These updates are part of our approach to make it easier for our customers to work with data of -
Best of 2014: Top 10 Data Exposed Channel 9 Videos for Data Devs
Have you been watching Data Exposed over on Channel 9? If you’re a data developer, Data Exposed is a great place to learn more about what you can do with data: relational and non-relational, on-premises and in the cloud, big and small. On the show, Scott Klein and his guests demonstrate features, discuss the latest -
The Best of Both Worlds: Top Benefits and Scenarios for Hybrid Hadoop, from On-Premises to the Cloud
Historically, Hadoop has been a platform for big data that you either deploy on-premises with your own hardware or in the cloud and managed by a hosting vendor. Deploying on-premises affords you specific benefits, like control and flexibility over your deployment. Â But the cloud provides other benefits like elastic scale, fast time to value, and -
Azure HDInsight Adds Deeper Tooling Experience in Visual Studio
To allow developers in Visual Studio to more easily incorporate the benefits of “big data” with their custom applications, Microsoft is adding a deeper tooling experience for HDInsight in Visual Studio in the most recent version of the Azure SDK. This extension to Visual Studio helps developers to visualize their Hadoop clusters, tables and associated -
Azure HDInsight Clusters Allows Custom Installation of Spark Using Script Action
Apache Spark is a popular open source framework for distributed cluster computing. Spark has been gaining popularity for its ability to handle both batch and stream processing as well as supporting in-memory and conventional disk processing. Starting today, Azure HDInsight will make it possible to install Spark as well as other Hadoop sub-projects on its -
APS Best Practice: How to Optimize Query Performance by Minimizing Data Movement
by Rob Farley, LobsterPot Solutions The Analytics Platform System, with its MPP SQL Server engine (SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse) can deliver performance and scalability for analytics workloads that you may not have expected from SQL Server. But there are key differences in working with SQL Server PDW and SQL Server Enterprise Edition that one -
Preview Release of the SQL Server JDBC Driver
Today we are pleased to announce the availability of a community technology preview release of the Microsoft JDBC Driver for SQL Server! Download the preview driver today here. The JDBC Driver for SQL Server is a Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) type 4 driver that provides robust data access to Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Azure -
In-Memory Technology in SQL Server 2014 Provides Samsung ElectroMechanics with Huge Performance Gains
We’ve been talking a lot lately about our in-memory technology in SQL Server. If you attended the PASS Summit last week you likely heard a fair share. So, why all the fuss? Simply put, SQL Server 2014’s in-memory delivers serious business impact. According to CMS Wire “Microsoft SQL 2014 just may be the most complete -
AlwaysOn Availability Groups Now Support Internal Listeners on Azure Virtual Machines
We’re excited to announce that AlwaysOn Availability Groups now support Internal Listeners on Azure Virtual Machines. Today we updated our official documentation accordingly. Availability Groups and Listeners on Azure Virtual Machines Availability Groups, released in SQL Server 2012 and enhanced in SQL Server 2014, detect conditions impacting SQL Server availability (e.g. SQL service being down -
Available Now: Preview Release of the SQL Server PHP Driver
Today we are pleased to announce the availability of a community technology preview release of the SQL Server Driver for PHP! Download the preview driver today here. This release will allow developers who use the PHP scripting language version 5.5 to access Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Azure SQL Database.  The full source code for -
Microsoft announces major update to Azure SQL Database, adds free tier to Azure Machine Learning
This morning at the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) Summit, we celebrated SQL Server 2014’s strong momentum and introduced new services that further expand Microsoft’s big data platform. We announced a major update coming to our database-as-a-service, Azure SQL Database, and easier access to our machine learning service, Azure Machine Learning. These new updates