SQL Server 2019 builds on intelligent query processing features that were implemented in SQL Server 2017, and expands them to new areas of the database engine. Let's take a deeper dive into some ...

The company plans to introduce SQL Server 2019 this week in Orlando, and it will also extend a key capability of its newest cloud database — Cosmos DB — to all Azure customers.

Microsoft first outlined its most current SQL Server roadmap last month at its Business Intelligence (BI) Conference, also held in Seattle, where the company described Kilimanjaro as the next key ...

One Azure-level feature Microsoft ought to provide for SQL Server is akin to the procedural protections for decryption it recently brought to Office 365, where it’s impossible to decrypt data ...

SQL Server’s data resiliency story gets a boost thanks to the new “link feature” in Azure SQL Managed Instance. According to Kumar’s post, the link feature includes a built-in Distributed Availability ...

With any new release of a Microsoft product, there is a tremendous amount of new features and functionality introduced. The list above is just some of the top features included in SQL Server 2008.

At the launch event, Microsoft will begin the official debut of the 2008 versions of SQL Server, Visual Studio and Windows Server. The new CTP adds several key features, including improved data ...

Sure, some companies may have been paying for SQL Server solely to access features not found in the Express SKU, and they may now save that money, but the company hopes that this will be offset by ...

Microsoft said a new Always Encrypted security feature highlights its upcoming SQL Server 2016 -- "the biggest leap forward in Microsoft's data platform history" -- shipping this summer in a public ...

Microsoft today previewed the ability to centrally manage applications and resources in the planned upgrade of SQL Server, code-named "Kilimanjaro." The company introduced the centralized app and ...

Microsoft predicted it would have its feature-complete CTP release available around the time of its enterprise software launch, which is scheduled to take place next week in Los Angeles. At the launch ...

Microsoft first outlined its most current SQL Server roadmap last month at its Business Intelligence (BI) Conference, also held in Seattle, where the company described Kilimanjaro as the next key ...