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 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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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 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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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 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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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 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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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 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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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 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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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 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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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 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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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 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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Microsoft SQL Server Developer Edition is now free

Starting March 2016…. SQL Server 2014 Developer Edition is now a free download for Visual Studio Dev Essentials members (you will be prompted to sign in to Visual Studio Dev Essentials before you can download SQL Server 2014 Developer Edition). We are making this change so that all developers can leverage the capabilities that SQL […]

May 3, 2016 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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