In a move to speed online transaction processing (OLTP), Microsoft is adding in-memory capabilities into its SQL ... fit more data in memory. For instance, the content is stored in a column ...

At Microsoft Build, SQL Server 2025 enters public preview ... investment in an on-premises product---that will be part two of this column later this week. Let's dive in. Of Course, We Have to ...

Nodes can run as SQL compute nodes, SQL storage nodes or HDFS data nodes. In the HDFS case, SQL Server and Apache Spark run co-located, in the same container. All of this interoperability is ...

The next release of Microsoft SQL Server ... that a hash join would be better because 100x more rows are required than with the other parameter. Now, SQL Server can dynamically switch between the two ...

SQL Server 2016, the next major release of Microsoft’s flagship database and analytics platform (which is available as a Community Technology Preview [CTP] as of this writing), includes exciting ...