Particularly in the case of SQL Server, introducing vector columns may require schema evolution, which can be disruptive. Of course Azure Cosmos DB is schema-free, meaning that while there is schema, ...

This whitepaper illustrates the SQL Server 2016 business intelligence/data warehouse upgrades, the memory-optimized tables, and the columnstore indexes. We also discuss the performance comparison of ...

It’s no surprise that Cosmos DB supports server-side code, with a built-in set of JavaScript APIs that run transactional code inside the database, much like your SQL Server stored procedures.