SQL Server 2016 SP1 is Now Available

In the Business Intelligence and reporting space, SQL Server 2016 was a big step forward.  Aside from significant relational engine...

SQL Server 2016 SP1 removes the editions’ programming feature limits! Everything from Always Encrypted to XTP/In-memory for everybody!

SQL Server 2016 SP1 entfernt Programmier-Feature-Limits der Editionen! Alles von Always Encrypted bis XTP: In-Memory für Alle!

Unglaubliche Neuigkeiten, anders kann man es gar nicht sagen:
Mit dem heute erschienenen Service...

SQL Server 2016 SP1 removes the editions’ programming feature limits! Everything from Always Encrypted to XTP/In-memory for everybody!

SQL Server 2016 SP1 entfernt Programmier-Feature-Limits der Editionen! Alles von Always Encrypted bis XTP: In-Memory für Alle!
Unglaubliche Neuigkeiten, anders kann...

SQL Server 2016 SP1: DBCC CLONEDATABASE now with Query Store data!

SQL Server 20016 SP1 is released today and it introduces a truck load of new features and options. Even better,...

SQL Server on Ubuntu

They finally did it! Finally SQL Server for Linux was announced. I’ve been waiting for this for quite a while, so...

SQLSkills waits and latches library

SQLSkills is an amazing resource for the SQL Server community. Between their blogs, white papers, and the SQLSkills Insider emails...

This Week in Data – Episode 13 (Building Your Personal Brand)

Welcome back to another episode of This Week In Data! If you missed our previous episodes, you can watch them...

Coffee's Variety Problem

Spaghetti Sauce Origins
During the 1970s consumers had a limited number of spaghetti sauces that they could purchase at their local supermarket. Each store-bought sauce tasted the same, developed in test...

PASS Summit Announcements: Microsoft Professional Program for Big Data

Microsoft usually has some interesting announcements at the PASS Summit, and this year was no exception.  I’m writing a set...

SQL Server 2016–Live Query Statistics

WOW!!! The next great update to Execution Plans is a way to watch the processing of rows through iterators while...