Provision Premium SSD v2 Storage for Microsoft SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines in the Microsoft Azure portal
We’re excited to announce the public preview of the Premium SSD v2 provisioning experience for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines.
Microsoft SQL Server Blog
Why migrate Windows Server and SQL Server to Azure: ROI, innovation, and free offers
We’ve been on the road the last couple of weeks across MVP Summit, SQLBits and Fabric Con, connecting with customers talking about the value of migration and modernization.
Update on the support of DBCC CLONEDATABASE for production use
Effective March 1, 2025, Microsoft will discontinue support for the use of the DBCC CLONEDATABASE command in production deployments.
Unbreakable?
Oracle recently released their latest Critical Patch Update which fixes vulnerabilities “in hundreds of Oracle products”. From a database perspective: it fixes 17 database vulnerabilities,
India Launch events
I just got back from a 2 week trip to India, taking part in their local launch events. We reached over 1500 people at over
Sync up with the new Microsoft® Sync Framework CTP2
The Microsoft Sync Framework continues to evolve as the latest CTP2 bits were released last week. This latest build reflects the final API changes that
Accelerate mobile development with SQL Server Compact 3.5
Exciting news for developers looking to build SQL Server based applications that target mobile devices — the new Microsoft® Windows Mobile Line of Business Solution
ISV’s & SQL Server 2008 Applications
Technologies such as SQL Server are only as successful as the applications that are built upon them. Microsoft’s Metro Early Adoption Program provides a programmatic,
entities, Entities, ENTITIES!
It’s getting louder If you’ve been following Microsoft’s efforts around data programmability, you’ll have inevitably heard a thing or two about “entities”. Specifically, the Entity
Announcing SQL Server Data Services
Today Microsoft announced that MIX attendees will preview Microsoft SQL Server Data Services (SSDS), a Web-facing utility-based services designed for businesses and developers that need
SQL Server 2008 Launch – 10:30am 2/27/2008
The rest of the keynote focused on the 2 remaining pillars of launch – BI & Web. In the BI demo – we focused on
New SQL Server 2008 Case Studies
The momentum for SQL Server 2008 continues. Here are some of the latest case studies published: Russia’s Baltika Breweries Links its ERP Databases using SQL
SQL Server 2008 Benchmarks
With the launch of SQL Server 2008 today (remember, RTM is still planned for a few months later in Q3 2008) we have just posted
SQL Server 2008 Launch – 8:00am PST 2/26/2008
Its 8:00am PST 2/26/2008, we are less than 24 hours from the SQL Server 2008 launch. Its going to be the culmination of efforts of
SQL Server 2008 February CTP is here!
I’m pleased to announce that we just released the February CTP of SQL Server 2008. As we’ve talked about before, this is the feature complete
Heroes Happens Here Online
We are now less than 30 days away from launch and our online activities are now heating up. Portrait Gallery Launched Last week, we launched
Cool Launch Comic Series
Microsoft and Seagate have partnered with Jordan Gorfinkel, former editor of DC comics, to tell the story of our customers and partners, the unsung heroes
SQL Server 2008 case studies
As we get closer to launch, I wanted to spend a moment to highlight some recently published case studies for SQL Server 2008. Its great