Archive for the ‘SQL Server’ Category
Top Partner Product Questions
Review the top product questions asked by Partners during the presales and deployment phases of their customer projects – including deployment, configuration, demos, migration, value proposition, and licensing Top Partner Product Questions
May 22, 2018
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Tags: Analytics, Azure, BI, Cloud, Dynamics 365, Microsoft, Microsoft 365, Power BI, Rahul Desai, SharePoint · Posted in: Azure, BI and Analytics, Dynamics 365, General, Microsoft 365, Office 365, Power BI, SharePoint, SQL Server, Tools, Tips & Utilities
Database Lifecycle Management (DLM)
A comprehensive approach to managing the database schema, data, and metadata for a database application… More at the link below. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj907294(v=sql.110).aspx
February 26, 2018
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Tags: Best Practices, Microsoft, Rahul Desai, SQL Server · Posted in: Cloud, Microsoft, SQL Server, Tools, Tips & Utilities
What’s new in SSMS 17.5
What’s new in SSMS 17.5: Data Discovery and Classification https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/dataplatforminsider/2018/02/20/whats-new-in-ssms-17-5-data-discovery-and-classification/
February 22, 2018
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Tags: Microsoft, Rahul Desai, SQL Server · Posted in: Microsoft, SQL Server, Tools, Tips & Utilities
Data: Modernize your applications across on-premise and cloud with the Microsoft Data Accelerator Program
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/dataplatforminsider/2017/10/30/modernize-your-applications-across-on-premise-and-cloud-with-the-microsoft-data-accelerator-program/
October 30, 2017
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Tags: Azure, Cloud, Microsoft, Rahul Desai, SQL Server · Posted in: Azure, Cloud, Digital Services, Microsoft, SQL Server, Tools, Tips & Utilities
Azure AD authentication extensions for Azure SQL DB and SQL DW tools
With the latest SQL server tools release we extended the Azure AD authentication support for SQL DB and DW tools for token-based authentication (Universal authentication) with MFA support. Azure AD authentication extensions for Azure SQL DB and SQL DW tools
September 5, 2017
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Tags: Azure, Microsoft, Rahul Desai, SQL Server · Posted in: Azure, Cloud, SQL Server, Tools, Tips & Utilities
Released: SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) v7.4
SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) for Oracle, MySQL, SAP ASE (formerly SAP Sybase ASE), DB2, and Access allows users to convert a database schema to a Microsoft SQL Server schema, upload the schema, and then migrate data to the target SQL Server (see below for supported versions). Released: SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) v7.4 – […]
June 20, 2017
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Tags: Microsoft, Rahul Desai, SQL Server · Posted in: Microsoft, SQL Server, Tools, Tips & Utilities
Windows Server Premium Assurance and SQL Server Premium Assurance
New offerings and Software Assurance essential to your ongoing digital transformation Introducing Windows Server Premium Assurance and SQL Server Premium Assurance – Hybrid Cloud Blog
December 12, 2016
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Tags: Microsoft, Rahul Desai, SQL Server, Windows Server · Posted in: General, Microsoft, SQL Server, Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Business Intelligence – our reporting roadmap
For eight consecutive years, Microsoft has been positioned as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms. And while each year has seen advances across our product line, this past year’s progress is truly unprecedented. We firmly believe Microsoft now offers the industry’s most complete and modern business intelligence […]
October 26, 2016
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Tags: BI, Microsoft, Rahul Desai, SQL Server · Posted in: Power BI, SQL Server, Tools, Tips & Utilities
Microsoft announces major commitment to Apache Spark
Microsoft’s big data and analytics offerings announcement, excerpts of the announcement as below: Spark for Azure HDInsight General Availability, previously announced as public preview, Spark for Azure HDInsight generally available today, and introducing a fully managed Spark service from Hortonworks that has been hardened for the enterprise and made simpler for you to use. You […]
June 6, 2016
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Tags: Business Intelligence, Microsoft, Rahul Desai, SQL Server · Posted in: Azure, Cloud, Machine Learning, Microsoft, Microsoft R Server, SQL Server, Tools, Tips & Utilities
Get ready, SQL Server 2016 coming on June 1st
This post was authored by Tiffany Wissner, Senior Director of Data Platform Marketing. SQL Server 2016 is the foundation of Microsoft’s data strategy, encompassing innovations that transform data into intelligent action. With this new release, Microsoft is delivering an end-to-end data management and business analytics solution with mission critical intelligence for your most demanding applications […]
May 3, 2016
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Tags: Microsoft, Rahul Desai, SQL Server · Posted in: Microsoft, SQL Server, Tools, Tips & Utilities