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Updates November 17, 2016 2 min read

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.

Announcements November 16, 2016 7 min read

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.

Updates November 16, 2016 2 min read

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).

Announcements November 16, 2016 3 min read

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.

Best Practices October 19, 2016 1 min read

Free eBook: Using SQL Server 2016 for Data Science & Advanced Analytics

Reposted from the Cortana Intelligence & Machine Learning blog.

Best Practices October 17, 2016 7 min read

SQL Server as a Machine Learning Model Management System

This post was authored by Rimma Nehme, Technical Assistant, Data Group Machine Learning Model Management If you are a data scientist, business analyst or a machine learning engineer, you need model management – a system that manages and orchestrates the entire lifecycle of your learning model.

Best Practices October 13, 2016 4 min read

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.

Best Practices October 3, 2016 1 min read

Windows Server 2016 and SQL Server 2016: Leveraging Hyper-V large-scale VM performance for in-memory transaction processing

This post was authored by Liang Yang, Principal Performance Engineer on the Hyper-V team and Jos de Bruijn, Senior Program Manager on the SQL Server team.

Updates September 27, 2016 2 min read

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.

Announcements July 18, 2016 2 min read

SQL Server 2016 posts world record TPC-H 10 TB benchmark

SQL Server 2016 delivers unparalleled performance and security built-in for your most mission critical transactional systems and data warehouses, along with an integrated business intelligence and advanced analytics solution for building intelligent applications.

Best Practices June 29, 2016 4 min read

SQL Server 2016: Broader access, better reporting, faster analytics

We want to make it easier for businesses to use their data.

Best Practices June 9, 2016 3 min read

WideWorldImporters: The new SQL Server sample database

This post was authored by Jos de Bruijn, Senior Program Manager, SQL Server.

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