Top 7 Features Coming to SQL Server 2016 SQL 2016 has a number of major enhancements which will help whether or not you are implementing on-prem, in Azure or in a hybrid model.

SQL Server 2016 shines with stretch database to Azure, queries against Hadoop, internal R, better security, and higher performance ...

SQL Server 2016’s new stretch database feature promises to offer local server performance for hot data and cloud storage for old data without any change to the application.

I had the pleasure to spend some time with my old friend Mark Souza, a general manager in the Data Platform team at Microsoft, while speaking at the SQL Saturday event in Dublin, Ireland. Now keep in ...

SQL Server 2016: The database for mission critical intelligence The world around us, every business and nearly every industry, is being transformed by technology.

Today, Microsoft Malaysia launched SQL Server 2016, the next release of the company’s flagship business analytics and data management platform. Microsoft’s SQL Server 2016 is built to power the ...

By using a single tool like PowerShell, you can access your data wherever it is stored. It does not matter if it is in the cloud in an Azure SQL database or in an on-premises MS-SQL server, MySQL or ...

As part of the SQL Server 2016 launch event, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced a commercial database promotion that provides customers with free licenses if you are running a competitor’s ...

SQL Server, Microsoft’s flagship relational database product, is now available on Linux in the form of an early private preview, with a full launch planned for mid-2017.