It was barely a month ago that Microsoft announced the general availability of SQL Server 2017 after having released the product in preview and release candidate forms earlier in the year. Today, at ...

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Today, at its Ignite conference in Orlando, Microsoft is announcing the general availability of a new version of its flagship operational database, SQL Server 2017. SQL Server is a product I have ...

Microsoft announced the name and many of the new features in the next release of SQL Server at its Data Amp Virtual Event on Wednesday. While SQL Server 2017 may not have as comprehensive of a feature ...

Last month, Microsoft announced Data Amp, a online event focusing on its Data Platform and AI initiatives. Data Amp is taking place today, and with it come a slew of announcements. Python has emerged ...

The RDBMS formerly known as SQL Server vNext is now out as SQL Server 2017 Community Technology Preview 2.0. The RDBMS formerly known as SQL Server vNext is now out as SQL Server 2017 Community ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. There are no shortage of announcements pouring out of the ...

DevOps got some serious attention in the recent release of Microsoft's Visual Studio Enterprise Edition 2017 (VSE17). The Redmond software maker took another step toward its goal of driving DevOps ...

In SQL Server 2017, when the query optimizer encounters code with a multi-statement TVF, the query optimizer will pause optimization, execute the TVF subtree to get a very accurate cardinality ...