SQL Server

November 13, 2013

With the release of SQL Server 2014 Community Technology Preview 2 (CTP2) and the commercial release of Visual Studio 2013, there are also new preview releases of SQL Server Data Tools that support both database and business intelligence projects.

October 22, 2013

Microsoft recently announced several new ways to back up and recover SQL Server databases with Windows Azure. These features, now available in SQL Server 2014 CTP2 and as a standalone tool for prior versions, provide an easy path to cloud backup and disaster recovery for on-premises SQL Server databases.

October 16, 2013

On Wednesday at the PASS Summit in Charlotte, N.C., Quentin Clark, corporate vice president of Microsoft’s Data Platform Group, announced the availability of the second Community Technology Preview (CTP2) of SQL Server 2014.

September 13, 2013

Microsoft Principal Architect Conor Cunningham knows a few things about database technologies. He holds several patents related to query optimization and query processing, is a published author (including his blog, Conor vs. SQL), and has worked on database technologies for Microsoft for over 10 years.