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SQL Server Blog
State of the SQL Server tools - SQL Server Blog
This week we’re announcing the general availability of SQL Server 2019, a significant milestone for Azure Data and for SQL Server customers. This presents a good moment to give an update on the state of tooling for SQL Server. Since SQL Server 2016, the tools…
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Microsoft
SQL Transactional Processing Price-Performance Testing
This report outlines the results from a GigaOM Transactional Field Test derived from the industry-standard TPC Benchmark™ E (TPC-E) to compare two fully-managed cloud SQL Server offerings: Amazon W...
SQLServer Just tweeted ********************************************** Say hello to the November 2019 release of #Azure Data Studio. Read about #SQLServer 2019 support, bug fixes, and more: https://t.co/FWgPhs3Y4g https://t.co/i6cCY4W1iv
SQL Server Blog
The November 2019 release of Azure Data Studio is now available - SQL Server Blog
Today we are announcing the November release of Azure Data Studio is now available. Download Azure Data Studio and review the release notes to get started. Please note: After downloading Azure Data Studio, say Yes to enabling the preview features so that…
SQLServer Just tweeted ********************************************** @tweetaso Hi there. Enterprise edition requires a license. Therefore, there is no free download for Enterprise edition. Evaluation edition of SQL Server 2019 can be upgraded to Enterprise edition using the product key later on.
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Microsoft Customers Stories
ZEISS sharpens its focus on optical excellence with Microsoft Azure SQL Database Edge
ZEISS is a leading technology enterprise in the fields of optics and optoelectronics. Founded in 1846 in Jena, Germany, today the company develops innovative solutions for research, manufacturing, and consumer products at more than 100 locations around the…
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Simply unmatched, truly limitless: Announcing Azure Synapse Analytics
Today, businesses are forced to maintain two types of analytical systems, data warehouses and data lakes. Data warehouses provide critical insights on business health.
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SQL Server 2019 is now generally available - SQL Server Blog
As you saw from our launch announcement earlier today, over a year ago at Microsoft Ignite we announced our first preview of SQL Server 2019 and today our latest release is now generally available. You have told us that in today’s demanding world of massive…
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Microsoft Customers Stories
H&R Block delivers scalable, multichannel tax preparation services with Microsoft SQL Server 2017
The tax industry has changed a lot recently, and H&R Block made plans to stay ahead of the changes, providing seamless multichannel experiences and unifying its disparate data sources to better serve its customers. By moving its various workloads to Microsoft…
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Build an intelligent analytics platform with SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters - SQL Server Blog
In the most recent releases, SQL Server went beyond relational data and enabled support for graph data, R, and Python machine learning, while making SQL Server available on Linux and containers in addition to Windows. At the same time, organizations are challenged…
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Microsoft Customers Stories
H&R Block delivers scalable, multichannel tax preparation services with Microsoft SQL Server 2017
The tax industry has changed a lot recently, and H&R Block made plans to stay ahead of the changes, providing seamless multichannel experiences and unifying its disparate data sources to better serve its customers. By moving its various workloads to Microsoft…
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Channel 9
Unify your data lakes with HDFS tiering
HDFS Tiering is Microsoft's latest contribution to the Apache HDFS open source project. In this video, you will learn how to use the HDFS tiering feature in SQL Server big data clusters, to seamlessly
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SQL Server Blog
New in Azure Synapse Analytics: CICD for SQL Analytics using SQL Server Data Tools - SQL Server Blog
At Microsoft Ignite 2019, we announced Azure Synapse Analytics, a major evolution of Azure SQL Data Warehouse. The same industry leading data warehouse now provides a whole new level of performance, scale, and analytics capabilities. One of these capabilities…
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Streamlining business processes with SAP connectors and Azure services
Moving to the cloud is a foundation for digital transformation—especially when taking advantage of the cloud’s PaaS and SaaS capabilities. At Microsoft, we had already migrated our SAP infrastructure to Azure; our next challenge was to promote native connectivity…
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Five essential skills for today’s database administrators - SQL Server Blog
DevOps, the cloud, and new database technologies mean our jobs as database administrators (DBAs) are changing at an ever-faster pace. If you’re fascinated by data and all the things you can do with it, it’s a thrilling time to be in the business. Here are…
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Cloud Data Services for DBAs | Microsoft Azure
Learn how Microsoft Azure cloud data services help database administrators (DBAs) in the transition of their data, skills, and experience to the cloud.