FabCon and SQLCon 2026: Unifying databases and Fabric on a single data platform
Welcome to the third annual FabCon and our first ever SQLCon here in Atlanta, Georgia. With nearly 300 workshops and sessions, this joint event will
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Advancing agentic AI with Microsoft databases across a unified data estate
Built on a consistent Microsoft SQL foundation from on premises to the cloud, Azure SQL brings AI capabilities directly into your database experience.
How the Microsoft SQL team is investing in SQL tools and experiences
Microsoft is modernizing SQL tools with AI, SSMS, Visual Studio Code, and DevOps features to boost productivity and future-proof development.
New Azure SQL Database offerings add capabilities to scale data up and out
Tiffany Wissner, Senior Director of Data Platform MarketingAt Microsoft we’re committed to meeting the needs of our customers by offering choices as they build cloud
SQL Server 2016 Community Technology Preview 2.2 is available
The SQL Server engineering team is committed to SQL Server 2016 monthly public preview release rhythm. Following CTP 2.1 release last month, we are excited
SQL Server 2016 Upgrade Advisor Preview and CTP 2.2 now available
Revised on July 28 UPDATE: The issue with the initial release of SQL Server 2016 CTP 2.2 that caused downtime during rolling upgrades across an AlwaysOn
Announcing Spark for Azure HDInsight public preview
Lighting up interactive insights on big data By T. K. “Ranga” Rengarajan, corporate vice president, Data Platform Today, we’re announcing the public preview of Spark
Datazen Publisher for Windows 7 Preview now available
We are pleased to announce the availability of Datazen Publisher for Windows 7 Preview. Datazen Publisher is the single point for creation and publishing of
Preview the new JDBC 4.2 for SQL Server Driver
Today we are pleased to announce availability of the Community Technology Preview (CTP) of the Microsoft JDBC 4.2 Driver for SQL Server! The driver provides
SQL Server 2016 Community Technology Preview 2.1 is available
Following the release of SQL Server 2016 CTP 2.0 last month, the SQL Server engineering team is excited to announce the immediate availability of CTP
SQL Server 2016 launches new rapid preview model with CTP 2.1
From Tiffany Wissner, Senior Director, Data Platform In the SQL Server CTP 2 blog, T.K. Ranga Rengarajan, CVP of SQL Server engineering, discussed bringing cloud first
Azure SQL Data Warehouse opens for Limited Public Preview
By Tiffany Wissner, Senior Director, Data Platform At the Build conference in April, we announced Azure SQL Data Warehouse, our new enterprise-class elastic data warehouse-as-a-service.
MapR-based Hadoop Clusters Coming to the Azure Marketplace
Microsoft is committed to continuous innovation to make Azure the best cloud platform for running hyper-scale big data projects. This includes an existing Hadoop-as-a-service solution,
Guest Blog: Delivering Transformational Outcomes with Hortonworks Data Platform 2.3
Guest post by Rohit Bakhshi, Product Manager at Hortonworks Inc. Over the past two quarters, Hortonworks has been able to attract over 200 new customers. We
HP and Microsoft announce a new Superdome X Reference Configuration Guide for SQL Server 2014
HP recently announced (see HP Announcement) the certification of the powerful scale-up Superdome X server. It is purposefully designed to support the most demanding, critical