Microsoft released a preview of SQL Server 2016 that can be downloaded today. While it's described as the "first public preview," Microsoft also labels it "Community Technology Preview 2." CTP is a ...
The announcement was made at the PASS Summit, which is the de facto Microsoft-endorsed SQL Server conference, and one where database administrators (DBAs) dominate the audience. In presenting PolyBase ...
PolyBase, a data virtualization feature for SQL Server, allows users to seamlessly query data from various external sources directly using T-SQL (Transact-SQL) without the need for separate client ...
Microsoft today announced a new Community Technology Preview (CTP) of SQL Server 2016, a preview of Azure Data Lake Store and Analytics services and a preview of Azure SQL Database In-Memory OLTP and ...