Cumulative Update #16 for SQL Server 2014 SP2
The 16th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2014 SP2 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 m …
Released: Public Preview for SQL Server Management Packs 2008-2019 (7.0.13.0)
We are getting ready to update the SQL Server Management Packs. This includes the existing versioned MPs for 2008-2016, as well as the new version agnostic SQL Server MP for 2012 and up (for more info on the version agnostic MP, see here). Please …
The February release of Azure Data Studio is now available
Were excited to announce the February release of Azure Data Studio (formerly known as SQL Operations Studio) is now available. Download Azure Data Studioand review the release notes to get started. Note: If youre currently using the preview version, SQ …
Azure Data Studio – Setting up your environment
This blog entry comes from Buck Woody, who recently rejoined the SQL Server team from the Machine Learning and AI team. For those of you who havent met me or read any of my books or blog entries, its great to meet you! Ive been a data professional for …
Azure Stream Analytics now supports Azure SQL Database as reference data input
Reference data is a dataset that is static or slow changing in nature which you can correlate with real-time data streams to augment the data. Azure Stream Analytics leverages versioning of reference data to augment streaming data by the reference data …
Getting started with Azure SQL Managed Instance
Azure SQL Managed Instance is fully managed PaaS version of SQL Server hosted in Azure cloud and placed in you own VNet with private IP address. In this post, I will shortly explain how to configure and create Managed Instance including network en …
Cumulative Update #13 for SQL Server 2016 SP1
The 13th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2016 SP1 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 m …
Cumulative Update #5 for SQL Server 2016 SP2
The 5th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2016 SP2 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 …
Test the latest features with SQL Server 2017 Developer Edition
Are you curious how new capabilities in SQL Server will impact your applications? Download and test SQL Server 2017 Developer Edition, a full-featured free edition, licensed for use as a development and test database in a non-production environment. Yo …
Released: SSRS2017+ Management Pack with Power BI Reporting Server Support (7.0.12.0)
We are happy to announce that an update to SQL Server Reporting Services 2017+ Management Pack is released. This update introduces Power BI Report Server monitoring capabilities to the existing SSRS MP. It considers Power BI Report Serve …
Recreate dropped database on Azure SQL Managed Instance
Azure SQL Database – Managed Instance is fully-managed PaaS service that provides advanced disaster-recovery capabilities. Even if you accidentally drop the database or someone drops your database as part of security attack, Managed Instance will …
Webinar: Introduction to SQL Server 2019
Modern enterprises are struggling to gain insights from an exploding number of database management systems and ever-growing data volumes. SQL Server 2019 can help you overcome the challenges of integrating data and bring AI and machine learning to all …
The January release of Azure Data Studio
We are excited to announce the January release of Azure Data Studio (formerly known as SQL Operations Studio) is now available. Download Azure Data Studioand review the Release Notes to get started. Note: If you are currently using the preview version, …
How to automate machine learning on SQL Server 2019 big data clusters
In this post, we will explore how to use automated machine learning (AutoML) to create new machine learning models over your data in SQL Server 2019 big data clusters. SQL Server 2019 big data clusters make it possible to use the software of your choic …