Accelerate SQL Server Migration to Azure with Azure Arc
We’re excited to announce a new migration experience in Azure Arc to simplify and accelerate SQL Server migration. This new experience, now in preview, is
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Accelerating SQL Server 2025 momentum: Announcing the first release candidate
We are moving toward general availability of SQL Server 2025 and focusing on delivering enhanced stability, performance, and product improvements.
Protect and modernize SQL Server 2016 workloads with Microsoft
We encourage all our customers running SQL Server 2016 to start planning for the end of support. We have migration resources, best practices, as well
The June release of SQL Operations Studio is now available
UPDATE: SQL Operations Studio is now GA and renamed to Azure Data Studio. For the most up to date information please visit our monthly Azure
SQL Server Automatic Tuning around the world…
..and in the clouds…When I first saw early builds of SQL Server 2017, one of the features that caught my eye immediately was Automatic Tuning
Microsoft releases the latest update of Analytics Platform System
Microsoft is pleased to announce that the Analytics Platform System (APS) appliance update 7 (AU7) is now generally available. APS is Microsoft’s scale-out Massively Parallel
Cloud data and AI services training roundup May 2018
To help you stay up to date on online training opportunities, we’re releasing a monthly list of the latest free Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
SQL Server at the Red Hat Summit 2018
This blog post is also authored by Travis Wright, Principal Program Manager, Microsoft; and Jamie Reding, Senior Program Manager, Microsoft. A few weeks ago, developers
A new update for mssql-cli, an interactive CLI, is now available
We have released our second major update for mssql-cli since our public preview announcement in December. You can view the public preview announcement here. mssql-cli
Visualize geographic spatial data from SQL Server directly in Tableau 2018.1
This is a partner post authored with the Tableau team. As part of Microsoft’s open and flexible platform for data and analytics, we’re always excited
SSMS 17.7 is now available
This post is co-authored by Sandy Winarko, Principal PM, SQL Server. We are excited to announce the release of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 17.7! Download
The May release of SQL Operations Studio is now available
UPDATE: SQL Operations Studio is now GA and renamed to Azure Data Studio. For the most up to date information please visit our monthly Azure
Database scoped default online options is in preview for Azure SQL DB
This post is authored by Mirek Sztajno, Senior Program Manager, Azure SQL Database. We are happy to announce that database scoped default options for online
The April release of SQL Operations Studio is now available
UPDATE: SQL Operations Studio is now GA and renamed to Azure Data Studio. For the most up to date information please visit our monthly Azure
Modernize to cloud with Azure SQL Database
Companies are embracing digital transformation by migrating to the cloud. IT organizations are continuously looking for new ways of optimizing how they use the data