Microsoft unveiled .NET Aspire at the Build 2024 developer conference, describing it as an opinionated, cloud-ready stack for building observable, production ready, distributed, cloud-native ...

Microsoft today released SQL Server 2022, the latest version of its database software, which originally launched more than 33 years ago. Microsoft describes this release as the “most Azure-enabled ...

Now generally available, SQL Server 2022's feature set brings it closer to parity with Azure SQL. Here are the biggest additions to Microsoft's RDBMS software you need to know. At the PASS Community ...

The sample data in SQL is provided by Microsoft's AdventureWorks training database, which can be provided both on your own SQL server and directly as an Azure SQL Database. Microsoft provides ...

Knowing how to automate tasks in the cloud will make you a more productive DBA. Here are the key concepts to understand about cloud scripting and a rundown of the best tools for automating code in ...

The cloud is becoming increasingly distributed, with container technologies allowing easy deployment of what had been cloud functionality to devices at the edge of the network. What began with ...

The world of the data professionals and DBAs is swirling with threats and risks, and those dangers are on the rise. You’re probably accustomed to using longstanding database fea­tures to secure your ...

PolyBase, a data virtualization feature for SQL Server, allows users to seamlessly query data from various external sources directly using T-SQL (Transact-SQL) without the need for separate client ...