Microsoft announced the general availability of SQL Server 2019 and SQL Server Big Data Clusters at its Ignite conference on Monday. SQL Server 2019 builds on intelligent query processing features ...

Microsoft on Wednesday announced the release of SQL Server 2019 release candidate (RC), but it was later updated to a new "refresh" verions (called "RC 1.1") per an August 29 post. The bits can be ...

The annual PASS Summit, the industry’s largest gathering of SQL Server professionals, hosted more than 4,000 attendees in Seattle recently recently. PASS (www.pass.org) has grown to more than 300 ...

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Like every version before it, Microsoft SQL Server 2019 is jam-packed with features and capabilities -- and not just the support for big data clusters that the company highlighted when it released the ...

This book aims “…to provide a comprehensive introduction to SQL Server that is friendly to beginners.” How does it fare? The book’s introduction suggests that both new and existing SQL Server users ...

Over a month after SQL Server 2019 became generally available, Microsoft has now shined light on some more aspects of the improved machine learning capabilities offered with this release. Today, ...

Update: Microsoft released SQL Server 2019 CU8 with a fix for the reliability issue that impacted SQL Server 2019 CU7. Microsoft pulled the Cumulative Update package 7 (CU7) for SQL Server 2019 ...

With CU5, Microsoft has focused on key capabilities to the SQL Server, along with Big Data Clusters. One of the main improvements is deployment for BDC on the Red Hat OpenShift Kubernetes platform.

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SQL Server is primarily built around a row-based table structure that connects related data elements in different tables to one another, avoiding the need to redundantly store data in multiple places ...

Microsoft’s 2026 lifecycle schedule includes major support deadlines for Windows, Office, SQL Server, SharePoint, and Azure services. Microsoft will end support or servicing for dozens of Windows, ...