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SQL Server on Azure Local is now generally available
With SQL Server on Azure Local, customers can modernize where their data resides while maintaining control over infrastructure, connectivity, and data placement.
What’s next for SQL? Performance, scale, AI, and developer productivity at the European SQL Community Conference
Join Microsoft Fabric and SQL Community Conference 2026 in Barcelona to explore SQL Server 2025, Azure SQL Database Hyperscale, developer productivity tools, and the future of AI-powered data platforms.
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SQL Server next version CTP 1.3 now available
Microsoft is excited to announce a new preview for the next version of SQL Server (SQL Server v. -
SQL Server on Linux: Mission-critical HADR with Always On Availability Groups
This post was authored by Mihaela Blendea, Senior Program Manager, SQL Server In keeping with our goal to enable the same High Availability and Disaster Recovery solutions on all platforms supported by SQL Server, today Microsoft is excited to announce the preview of Always On Availability Groups for Linux in SQL Server v. -
Microsoft’s SQL Platform continues to lead the market with advanced data security
This post was authored by Rohan Kumar, General Manager, Database Systems. -
ODBC Driver 13.1 for Linux Released
This post is authored by Meet Bhagdev, Program Manager, Microsoft Hi all. -
January 2017 Leaderboard of Database Systems contributors on MSDN
This post was authored by Rahul Venkatraj, Program Manager, Data Platform Group -
SQL Server named DBMS of the Year by DB-Engines
SQL Server was recently named DBMS of the Year by DB-Engines. -
December 2016 Leaderboard of Database Systems contributors on MSDN
This post was authored by Rahul Venkatraj, Program Manager, Data Platform Group We continue to receive encouraging comments from the community on the Leaderboard. -
SQL Server next version CTP 1.2 now available
As part of our rapid preview model, Microsoft is excited to announce that the next version of SQL Server (SQL Server v. -
Announcing the SQL Server v.Next Early Adoption Program
This post was authored by Anna Shrestinian, Program Manager, SQL Server What is the SQL Server Early Adoption Program (SQL EAP)? The SQL Server Early Adoption Program (SQL EAP) is a Microsoft program started in January 2017 to help both customers and partners adopt the next version of SQL Server before general availability. -
Announcing Columnstore Indexes and Query Store support in Database Engine Tuning Advisor
The latest version of Microsoft SQL Server Database Engine Tuning Advisor (DTA) supports two new features: (a) Ability to recommend columnstore indexes in addition to rowstore indexes, and (b) Ability to automatically select a workload to tune from the Query Store. -
How six lines of code + SQL Server can bring Deep Learning to ANY App
The link to the source code is here. The What Part Deep Learning is a hot buzzword of today. -
Welcome 2017! Recap of top SQL Server posts of 2016
We start off the new year with a quick recap of our most popular posts on this blog channel from the year just concluded.
