PolyBase, a data virtualization feature for SQL Server, allows users to seamlessly query data from various external sources directly using T-SQL (Transact-SQL) without the need for separate client ...

I've said it before and I'll say it again: If you want to speed up your application, don't look at your code, look at your data access. The two slowest things you can do in application development are ...

A SQL Server expert gives his take on the absolute, No. 1, very worst thing IT pros can do when it comes to indexing. Consultant, author and Microsoft MVP Denny Cherry travels the world helping ...

Rockset today announced launched a new integration into SQL Server that will allow customers to continuously index production data as it hits the relational database and deliver sub-second analytics ...

Why is the language developers and DBAs use to organize data such a mess? Here are 13 reasons we wish we could quit SQL, even ...

Microsoft's Buck Woody breaks down how SQL Server is leveraging gen AI, and what skills you will need to stay competitive. No pairing has made more sense than the capabilities generative AI can bring ...

Use SQL to quickly create a new table from existing records in Access Your email has been sent SQL lets you use one command to quickly create a new table containing a subset of records from a larger ...