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It’s time! Registration is now open for Microsoft Ignite 

It’s time — Register now for Microsoft Ignite and mark your calendar for September 26–30. Be there when top industry leaders talk about what’s next, get direct access to the people who built the products you use every day, and surround yourself with smart people talking tech. Sharpen your ideas with the best in the business.
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Microsoft Business Intelligence PASS keynote: Five minutes to sign up; five minutes to WOW! 

See how you can get real-time interactive visualizations of customer data, as Microsoft Corporate Vice President James Phillips demonstrates exciting new capabilities available with Power BI and Microsoft’s powerful data platform, including SQL Server, SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS), SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), Datazen, and Azure SQL Database.
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Preview the newest ODBC SQL Server Driver for Windows and Linux 

We are pleased to announce the community technology preview of Microsoft ODBC Driver 13 for SQL Server on Windows and Linux, supporting Ubuntu, RedHat and SUSE distributions! The updated driver provides robust data access to Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Azure SQL Database via ODBC on Windows and Linux platforms.
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Planning an efficient upgrade from SQL Server 2005: Step 3 of 3 

Step 3: Identify your upgrade strategy As the end-of-support deadline for SQL Server 2005 draws near (April 12, 2016), you are probably starting to think about your upgrade strategy. Upgrading SQL Server is a multistage effort that takes time. Planning your SQL Server upgrade early will help you save money and prevent unnecessary business interruptions.
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SQL Server 2016 CTP 3.2: Introducing end-to-end mobile BI 

The SQL Server 2016 Community Technology Preview (CTP) 3.2 is now available for download! In SQL Server 2016 CTP 3.2, part of our new rapid preview model, we made enhancements to several features which you can try in your development and test environments. Additionally, a number of Mobile BI additions and enhancements will be available in CTP 3.2 and by the end of December.
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Planning an efficient upgrade from SQL Server 2005: Step 1 of 3 

Step 1: Discover what’s in your database environment Upgrading a database can seem daunting. Fortunately, Microsoft offers exceptional tools and support to help you smoothly upgrade from SQL Server 2005 to SQL Server 2014 and Microsoft Azure SQL Database before the end-of-support deadline on April 12, 2016.
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Get the most out of SQL Server 2016 

Blog post series to highlight new features and enhancements available with SQL Server 2016. Data, and the ability to extract actionable intelligence from it, is driving transformation in how we do business today. With SQL Server 2016, it’s never been easier to capture, transform, mash-up, analyze and visualize any data, of any size, at any scale in its native format.
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Introducing: SQL Server 2016 Community Technology Preview 3.1 

The SQL Server 2016 Community Technology Preview (CTP) 3.1 is now available for download! This release fully embraced the “Cloud First” tenet, as this release build was deployed to SQL Azure Database service first, running in production prior to the release build. In SQL Server 2016 CTP 3.1, part of our new rapid preview model, we made enhancements to several features.