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Celebrating with Hadoop and Red Hat communities 

This post was authored by Joseph Sirosh, Corporate Vice President of the Data Group at Microsoft This week I had the opportunity to represent Microsoft in keynotes at both the Hadoop and Red Hat Summits in San Jose and San Francisco, and during that time speak to many customers and members of the open source and big data communities.
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SQL PowerShell: July 2016 update 

This post was authored by Ayo Olubeko, Program Manager, Data Developer Group. The July update for SSMS includes the first substantial improvement in SQL PowerShell in many years. We owe a lot of thanks for this effort to the great collaboration with our community.
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Microsoft SQL Server Tooling team hosts Ask Me Anything session 

This post was authored by Vin Yu, Program Manager, Data Platform. The Microsoft SQL Server Tooling team will host a special Ask Me Anything session on /r/SQLServer, Thursday, June 30th, 2016 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm PDT. What’s an AMA session? We’ll have folks from across the Microsoft SQL Server Tooling engineering team available to answer any questions you have.
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Powering mission-critical performance with SQL Server 2016 

Data has become the lifeblood of the enterprise. It’s the foundation for keen insight and effective decisions that lead to business growth. One of our primary design goals for SQL Server 2016 was to provide the performance, security, availability and business intelligence that are critical to helping companies manage their data and identify new opportunities.
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Check out the SQL Server sessions we’ve planned for Microsoft Ignite 

What do you want to learn at Microsoft Ignite 2016? Do you want to learn how to accelerate SQL Server 2016 to the max? Get practical techniques for database management? Strengthen your defenses against hackers? Discuss real-world questions with product experts, in person? Challenge your strategic thinking? Perfect. All of that—and more—is waiting for you in Atlanta.
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WideWorldImporters: The new SQL Server sample database 

This post was authored by Jos de Bruijn, Senior Program Manager, SQL Server. A release the magnitude of SQL Server 2016 deserves a new sample. AdventureWorks, which has been around since the SQL Server 2005 days, has had a good run, but it is time for an upgrade. Wide World Importers is the new sample for SQL Server.
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Get a head start on SQL Server 2016 with this how-to guide 

For the past several months we’ve been talking about the advances in SQL Server 2016. Now, at last, the wait is over. SQL Server 2016 is now generally available and brings with it a feature set designed for the modern-day enterprise, in which data can be located in a variety of locations, both on-premises and in the cloud.
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SQL Server 2016 is generally available today 

This post was authored by Joseph Sirosh, Corporate Vice President, Data Group, Microsoft. Today we announced the general availability of SQL Server 2016, the world’s fastest and most price-performant database for HTAP (Hybrid Transactional and Analytical Processing) with updateable, in-memory columnstores and advanced analytics through deep integration with R Services.