SQL Server 2016 Community Technology Preview 2.3 is available
The SQL Server engineering team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of SQL Server 2016 August monthly public preview release CTP 2.
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New SQL Server 2014 Logo Certification Program
We are proud to announce the SQL Server Logo Certification Program, part of the Enterprise Cloud Application Logo Certification Programs announced in April. -
Analytics Platform System Update 4 Generally Available
Matt Usher, Senior Program Manager, DS SQL Engineering We are pleased to announce the general availability of Appliance Update 4 for the Microsoft Analytics Platform System. -
New Azure SQL Database offerings add capabilities to scale data up and out
Tiffany Wissner, Senior Director of Data Platform MarketingAt Microsoft we’re committed to meeting the needs of our customers by offering choices as they build cloud applications for scale and performance. -
SQL Server 2016 Community Technology Preview 2.2 is available
The SQL Server engineering team is committed to SQL Server 2016 monthly public preview release rhythm. -
SQL Server 2016 Upgrade Advisor Preview and CTP 2.2 now available
Revised on July 28 UPDATE: The issue with the initial release of SQL Server 2016 CTP 2. -
Announcing Spark for Azure HDInsight public preview
Lighting up interactive insights on big data By T. -
Datazen Publisher for Windows 7 Preview now available
We are pleased to announce the availability of Datazen Publisher for Windows 7 Preview. -
Preview the new JDBC 4.2 for SQL Server Driver
Today we are pleased to announce availability of the Community Technology Preview (CTP) of the Microsoft JDBC 4. -
SQL Server 2016 Community Technology Preview 2.1 is available
Following the release of SQL Server 2016 CTP 2.0 last month, the SQL Server engineering team is excited to announce the immediate availability of CTP 2. -
SQL Server 2016 launches new rapid preview model with CTP 2.1
From Tiffany Wissner, Senior Director, Data Platform In the SQL Server CTP 2 blog, T. -
Azure SQL Data Warehouse opens for Limited Public Preview
By Tiffany Wissner, Senior Director, Data Platform At the Build conference in April, we announced Azure SQL Data Warehouse, our new enterprise-class elastic data warehouse-as-a-service.
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