End-User Microsoft BI Tools – Clearing up the confusion
Given two types of underlying data sources (a data warehouse and a OLAP cube built from the data warehouse) there...
2012-02-27
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James Serra's Blog
SQL Server 2012 (“Denali”): Spatial Features
SQL Server 2012 introduces several significant enhancements to spatial types, such as support for new subtypes of circular arcs, new...
2012-02-24
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SQL Server 2012 (“Denali”): FileTable
FileTable is a new feature in SQL Server 2012 that is built on top of SQL Server FILESTREAM technology, which...
2012-02-22
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Please vote for my SQLRally session
I’m hoping to do a presentation at SQLRally in Dallas on May 10-11, but I need your help!
There is a...
2012-02-21
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SQL Server 2012 (“Denali”): PowerPivot
Version 2 of PowerPivot (download) is being made available with SQL Server 2012. There are many new features, and my top 5 are:
Diagram...
2012-02-20
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SQL Server 2012 (“Denali”): Microsoft StreamInsight
Microsoft StreamInsight, first introduced in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2, is a way to effectively analyze large amounts of event...
2012-02-17
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SQL Server 2012 (“Denali”): T-SQL Enhancements
SQL Server 2012 has a number of new T-SQL features. Listed below are all of the new features, along with...
2012-02-15
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SQL Server 2012 (“Denali”): Contained Databases
A problem that has plagued SQL Server for a long time is that a database is not very portable. Sure,...
2012-02-15 (first published: 2012-02-13)
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SQL Azure
SQL Azure is a cloud-based service from Microsoft that uses a special version of SQL Server as its backend. SQL Azure...
2012-02-10
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What is Microsoft Connect?
Microsoft Connect (blog, twitter) is a site where you can post feedback to improve the quality of many Microsoft products and...
2012-02-08
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Blogs
Flyway Tips: AI Helps with Commit Messages
By Steve Jones
At Redgate, we’re experimenting with how AI can help developers and DBAs become better...
Startup scripts in SQL Server containers
I was messing around performing investigative work on a pod running SQL Server 2025...
Using SQL Compare with Redgate Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
Redgate recently released SQL Compare v16, which included a new feature to work with...
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T-SQL in SQL Server 2025: Fuzzy String Search II
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Azure-SSIS, Self-Hosted Integration Runtime, & Data Gateway?
Looking to confirm my understanding of these three products and how they can be...
Question of the Day
What is Page Density
In SQL Server, there is a concept of page density. This is determined by how much data is stored on each page. What is a page density of 90%?
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