Meet the Azure SQL Database team at Microsoft Build Conference
Azure SQL Database Engineering team (@azuresqldb) represented by Lindsey Allen, Joachim Hammer, Ajay Jagannathan, Joe Sack, Shreya Verma, Kevin Farlee, Borko Novakovic, Jakub Szymaszek, Mirek Sztajno, Veljko Vasic, Dhruv Malik, Alain Dormehl will …
How Azure SQL Database makes database management easier?
Azure SQL database is a platform as a service SQL Server Database Engine hosted in Azure cloud and managed by Azure. Azure automates many management activities and enables you to focus on development and optimizations. In addition, it enables you to ea …
Azure SQL Database – scalability
Azure SQL Database is a flexible Platform as a service database that can be easily scaled to fit your needs. You can add more compute or storage to satisfy your performance requirements without waiting for new hardware or migrating data to more powerfu …
The April release of SQL Operations Studio is now available
This post is authored by Alan Yu, Program Manager, SQL Server. We are excited to announce the April release of SQL Operations Studio is now available. Download SQL Operations Studio and review the Release Notes to get started. SQL Operations Studio is …
Azure SQL Database – the database engine that cannot die
Azure SQL Database is highly available database Platform as a Service that guarantees that your database will be up and running 99.99% of time, without worrying about maintenance and downtimes. This is a fully managed SQL Server Database Engine process …
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 that fuels their operations. Modernizing to the cloud offers the right mix of operation …
SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 2 is now available
The SQL Server team is excited to bring you the second service pack release for SQL Server 2016. The service pack is now available for download on the Microsoft Download Center and will be coming soon to Visual Studio Subscriptions, MBS/Partner Source, …
SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 2 (SP2) released !!!
The SQL Server team is excited to bring you the second service pack release for SQL Server 2016! The SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 2 (SP2) contains a rollup of released hotfixes as well as multiple improvements centered around performance, scalability, …
SQL Server 2017 on SUSE Enterprise Linux Server offer
This post is authored by John ‘JG’ Chirapurath, General Manager, Azure Data. Since SQL Server 2017 on Linux was made generally available on October 2, 2017, we have seen tremendous growth in adoption. We’ve had ~ 5 million Docker pull …
Cumulative Update #6 for SQL Server 2017 RTM
The 6th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2017 RTM is now available for download at the Microsoft Downloads site. Please note that registration is no longer required to download Cumulative updates. To learn more about the release or servicing mo …
Released: Microsoft Azure SQL Database Management Pack (7.0.4.0)
We are happy to announce the release of Azure SQL DB Management Pack. You can download the management pack and find a summary of features at: Microsoft System Center Management Pack for Microsoft Azure SQL Database New Features and Fixes Fixed issue: T …
Released: System Center Management Packs for SQL Server 2008-2016 (7.0.4.0)
We are happy to announce that updates to SQL Server Management Packs (2008-2016) have been released. Downloads available: Microsoft System Center Management Pack for SQL Server 2016 Microsoft System Center Management Pack for SQL Server 2014 Micro …
Calling Http endpoints in T-SQL using CURL extension
SQL Server Database Engine don’t have built-in functions that would enable you to send information to some API using http protocol. If you would need to call some REST endpoint or a web hook from the T-SQL code, you would need to use WebClient or …
Celebrating 1M installations milestone for mssql extension for VS Code with another update
This post is authored by Alan Yu, Program Manager, SQL Server. We are excited to announce that a new update for the mssql extension for VS Code is now available on the VS Code Marketplace. Use the mssql extension to turn VS Code into a powerful editor …
Cloud data and AI services training roundup
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) sessions in one convenient post. SQL Server 2017 Whether on Windows, Linux, or Docker containers …