Official News from Microsoft’s Information Platform
This post is authored by Christina Lee, Program Manager – Data Group SEALS Team Overview Database Experimentation Assistant (DEA) is a new A/B testing solution for SQL Server upgrades. It will assist in evaluating a targeted version of SQL for a given workload. Customers upgrading from previous SQL server versions (starting 2005 and above) to… Read more
This post was written by Ken Van Hyning, Engineering Manager, SQL Server Client Tools. In the latest generation of SQL Server Management Studio, we moved to the Visual Studio 2015 Isolated Shell. While this provides SSMS a modern IDE foundation for many functional areas, it also had some consequences. Specifically, the integration with source control… Read more
This post was authored by Tiffany Wissner, Senior Director of Data Platform Marketing Yesterday at Connect(); we announced SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 1 (SP1), which introduces a common programming surface across SQL Server editions. This move makes innovative database features such as in-memory performance across workloads, encryption at rest and in motion, and the… Read more
This post was authored by Joseph Sirosh, Corporate Vice President of the Microsoft Data Group. For the past two years, we’ve unveiled several of our cutting-edge technologies and innovative solutions at Connect(); which will be livestreaming globally from New York City starting November 16. This year, I am thrilled to announce the next generation of… Read more
This post was authored by Tiffany Wissner, Senior Director of Data Platform Marketing Microsoft is pleased to announce the availability of SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 1 (SP1). With SQL Server 2016 SP1, we are making key innovations more accessible to developers and organizations across all SQL Server editions, so it will be easier than… Read more
This post was authored by Tiffany Wissner, Senior Director of Data Platform Marketing Today, we are excited to announce the public preview of the next release of SQL Server on Linux and Windows, which brings the power of SQL Server to both Windows – and for the first time ever – Linux. SQL Server enables… Read more
This post was authored by Vin Yu, Program Manager, Data Platform The Microsoft SQL Server team will host a special Ask Me Anything session on /r/SQLServer, Friday, November 18th, 2016 from 9:30 am to 2:00 pm PDT. AMA event opens up for questions on Thursday, November 17th 2016 at 2:00pm. What’s an AMA session? We’ll… Read more
This week as part of Joseph Sirosh’s PASS Summit 2016 keynote, Microsoft announced general availability of Data Migration Assistant v2.0 and the first public preview for Database Experimentation Assistant. Both tools are part of Microsoft’s strategy to make upgrade and migration from earlier versions of SQL Server as seamless and low risk as possible. Database… Read more
This post is authored by Meet Bhagdev. We are delighted to share the full release of the Microsoft ODBC Driver 13 for Linux – (Ubuntu, RedHat and SUSE). The new driver enables access to SQL Server, Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL DW from any C/C++ application on Linux. What’s new Native Linux Install Experience:… Read more
This post is by Joseph Sirosh, Corporate Vice President of the Data Group at Microsoft. In June, we’ve announced the general availability of SQL Server 2016, the world’s fastest and most price-performant intelligence database for HTAP (Hybrid Transactional and Analytical Processing) with updateable, in-memory columnstores and advanced analytics through deep integration with R Services. As… Read more