At Microsoft Build, SQL Server 2025 enters public preview with major enhancements in AI integration, performance, reliability and developer tools -- reaffirming Microsoft’s continued investment ...

First off, Microsoft is releasing a public preview of SQL Server 2019, the next major release of the product. And within the 2019 version, there's lots that's new. Also: What to do when big data ...

Prior to SQL Server 2017, query processing was a monolithic process. The SQL Server query optimizer would first construct a query plan for a batch of T-SQL code, a stored procedure, or function and ...

There's a very handy new tool from Microsoft called the Database Experimentation Assistant (DEA). The DEA makes it very easy to conduct A/B testing for SQL Server upgrades, providing quantitative ...

Microsoft has updated its SQL Server Management Studio to version 17.3, adding two features along with various minor enhancements and bug fixes. SSMS 17.3, made available for download earlier this ...

A company datasheet spelled out those discounts in dollars. Adding Premium Assurance to a Windows Server two-core license would run $31 per year if purchased between March and June 2017, but more ...