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Announcing updates to the SQL Server Incremental Servicing Model (ISM)
Recently, we announced an update to the Incremental Servicing Model for SQL Server. The details of the changes in the SQL Server Incremental Servicing Model can be found in this blog post. You should plan to install a SQL Server Cumulative Update with the same level of confidence you plan to install SPs (Service Packs) -
SQL Client Tools update for SQL Server 2016
In SQL Server 2016 there have been several significant changes to the SQL Client Tools. Central to these changes are two primary goals: The ability to ship tooling updates on a regular, monthly cadence A single version of tools that work with all supported SQL Server versions on-premises or in a Virtual Machine, Azure SQL -
Expanding the data footprint of SQL Server 2016 with PolyBase
This post was authored by Casey Karst, Program Manager, SQL Server. Changing data landscape A lot has changed in the world of data over the last 10 years. The rise of connected devices, unstructured event data and ever-decreasing hardware prices has caused a Big Data boom. Solutions built on commodity hardware, such as Hadoop and -
Decisions @ the speed of thought with SQL Server 2016
In his 1999 book, “Business @ the Speed of Thought,” Bill Gates predicted the future “will be about velocity. About how quickly business itself will be transacted. About how information access will alter the lifestyle of consumers and their expectations of business…. When the increase in velocity is great enough, the very nature of business -
SQL Server 2016 Release Candidate 1 now available
We are excited to announce that our second SQL Server 2016 release candidate, SQL Server 2016 Release Candidate (RC) 1, is now available for download. This is an important milestone in the release of SQL Server 2016, as the product is nearly feature complete, and means that a very rich set of capabilities is now -
Enable business insights for everyone with SQL Server 2016: Part 2
This blog post was authored by Kasper de Jonge, Senior Program Manager, SQL Server Analysis Services. Â This is the second installment of a two-part series. If you missed it, please have a look at part one and learn how SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) provides fast access to data to allow analysis at the -
Enable business insights for everyone with SQL Server 2016: Part 1
This post was authored by Kasper de Jonge, Senior Program Manager, SQL Server Analysis Services. Â This is the first installment of a two-part series. Read on to learn how SQL Server 2016 Analysis Services (SSAS) can provide fast access to data to allow analysis at the speed of thought and stay tuned for part -
Time is running out: Upgrade SQL Server 2005 now
Less than one month remains before support ends for SQL Server 2005 on April 12, 2016. If you’re still using this version or other legacy versions of SQL Server, there’s never been a better time to upgrade to SQL Server 2014 and Microsoft Azure SQL Database to safeguard your business and reap all the benefits -
SQL Server 2016 documentation survey
The SQL Server documentation team is working to improve the SQL Server documentation in an effort to enable you be more successful with and gain more value from SQL Server. Please let us know your thoughts on how we can improve the documentation by taking this brief survey by March 18. We appreciate and are listening -
Mapping the Universe with SQL Server
This blog post was co-authored by Joseph Sirosh, Corporate Vice President, and Rimma V. Nehme, Principal Software Engineer, at the Data Group at Microsoft. Â Figure 1: Visible objects of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) DR7 dataset. Over the last 15 years a database helped revolutionize an entire field of science. Astronomical discovery and -
Announcing SQL Server on Linux
Today, we announced our plans to bring SQL Server to Linux. This will enable SQL Server to deliver a consistent data platform across Windows Server and Linux, as well as on-premises and cloud. We are bringing the core relational database capabilities to preview today, and are targeting availability in mid-2017. Read Scott Guthrie’s blog post -
First release candidate of SQL Server 2016 now available
We are excited to announce that our first SQL Server 2016 release candidate, SQL Server 2016 Release Candidate (RC) 0, is now available for download. This is an important milestone in the release of SQL Server 2016, as this marks feature completion for most dimensions of the product. It also means a very rich set -
Technical Overview: SQL Server 2016 Release Candidate 0
The SQL Server engineering team is pleased to announce the availability of SQL Server 2016 Release Candidate 0. This is an important milestone in the release of SQL Server 2016, as it marks feature completion for most dimensions of the product and means a very rich set of capabilities are now available. These include: real-time -
Announcing SQL Server Stretch Database service preview
Microsoft is pleased to announce a preview of the new SQL Server Stretch Database service. With this preview, SQL Server 2016 users can dynamically stretch their on-premises warm and cold data to an Azure service that is engineered from the ground up for compute capacity and virtually infinite storage. Unlike typical cold data management solutions, your data