Microsoft releases the latest update to Analytics Platform System
Microsoft is pleased to announce that the appliance update, Analytics Platform System (APS) 2016, has been released to manufacturing and is now generally available.
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Technical Preview: Database Experimentation Assistant
This post is authored by Christina Lee, Program Manager – Data Group SEALS Team Overview Database Experimentation Assistant (DEA) is a new A/B testing solution for SQL Server upgrades. -
Source Control in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
This post was written by Ken Van Hyning, Engineering Manager, SQL Server Client Tools. -
SQL Server 2016 SP1 brings new innovation opportunities to software partners
This post was authored by Tiffany Wissner, Senior Director of Data Platform Marketing Yesterday at Connect(); we announced SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 1 (SP1), which introduces a common programming surface across SQL Server editions. -
Announcing the Next Generation of Databases and Data Lakes from Microsoft
This post was authored by Joseph Sirosh, Corporate Vice President of the Microsoft Data Group. -
SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 1 generally available
This post was authored by Tiffany Wissner, Senior Director of Data Platform Marketing Microsoft is pleased to announce the availability of SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 1 (SP1). -
Announcing SQL Server on Linux public preview, first preview of next release of SQL Server
This post was authored by Tiffany Wissner, Senior Director of Data Platform Marketing Today, we are excited to announce the public preview of the next release of SQL Server on Linux and Windows, which brings the power of SQL Server to both Windows – and for the first time ever – Linux. -
Upgrade with Data Migration Assistant 2.0 and Database Experimentation Assistant Preview
This week as part of Joseph Sirosh’s PASS Summit 2016 keynote, Microsoft announced general availability of Data Migration Assistant v2. -
ODBC Driver 13.0 for SQL Server – Linux is now released
This post is authored by Meet Bhagdev. We are delighted to share the full release of the Microsoft ODBC Driver 13 for Linux – (Ubuntu, RedHat and SUSE). -
SQL Server 2016 Express Edition in Windows containers
We are excited to announce the public availability of SQL Server 2016 Express Edition in Windows Containers! The image is now available on Docker Hub and the build scripts are hosted on our SQL Server Samples GitHub repository. -
SQL Server 2016 now supports Windows Server 2016 Storage Spaces Direct
With the upcoming general availability of Windows Server 2016, we are pleased to announce that Microsoft SQL Server 2016 will support deploying databases on the new Storage Spaces Direct feature of Windows Server 2016. -
ODBC Driver 13.1 for SQL Server released
We are pleased to announce the full release of the Microsoft ODBC Driver 13.
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