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Get the most from your data.

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Now choose your favorite platform

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Get more out of your data

Take a self-assessment to create a custom roadmap that will help find the data strategy best for you.

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Now more capabilities come standard

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See how companies are using Microsoft to realize their data potential

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Microsoft helps BMW build a data solution that scales dynamically, reduces infrastructure costs, and engages 90,000 customers.

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NASDAQ OMX compresses 2 PB of data to 500 TB using SQL Server in-memory technology.

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To reduce time-to-market, Absolut looks to SQL Server to help render its spirited brand in the cloud.

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DocuSign puts SQL Server at the core of its telemetry system that ingests tens of billions of data samples per day.

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Renault Sport Formula One Team turns to Microsoft to help store and analyze data for an even faster race car.

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Stack Overflow uses SQL Server to power lightning-fast answers online to over 4 million developers.

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Why Microsoft for your data

Any developer, any platform

Use the technologies you love—Java, .NET, PHP, Python, R, and Node.js—across Linux and Windows.

Petabyte scale for all data

Query across data sources, including Hadoop clusters, to capitalize on the big data opportunity.

Built-in predictive intelligence

Use R analytics inside the database along with mobile BI for real-time insights.

Unmatched security + performance

Innovate with end-to-end security features and leading in-memory technologies, built in.

Across on-premises + cloud

Build applications using a consistent platform and deploy anywhere.

Top applications run on SQL Server

Software providers around the world rely on SQL Server to build applications that deliver unmatched security and performance for your most demanding workloads.

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Read why Gartner has once again recognized Microsoft as an industry leader in operational database management systems.

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See why Microsoft has been recognized by Gartner as a leader in data warehouse and management solutions for analytics.

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For the ninth year in a row, Gartner has recognized Microsoft as a leader in business intelligence and analytic platforms.

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