Register now for 24 Hours of PASS: Evolution of the Data Platform! From May 25-26, 2016 starting at 8am EST 24 one-hour webinars will be presented live back-to-back for you to enjoy from the comfort of your home or office! This edition will showcase cutting-edge technologies presented by a diverse mix of…
What an exciting line up of speakers and topics we have for this years’ SQL Saturday pre-conferences on Friday, August 12, 2016. If you are in the Indianapolis area, you definitely don’t want to miss these sessions.
Learning R can be tricky, especially if you have no programming experience or are more familiar working with point-and-click statistical software versus a real programming language. This learning path is mainly for novice R users that are just getting started but it will also cover some of the latest changes…
In this article Pankaj Kumar Choudhary explains some general purpose queries. Every developer should have knowledge of these queries. These queries are not related to any specific topic of SQL. But knowledge of such queries can solve some complex tasks and may be used in many scenarios.
Bash on Windows 10 was one of the big reveals at Microsoft’s recent Build conference. Since then, there’s been a lot of speculation about what Microsoft did to make this possible. Microsoft is starting to provide more details via blog posts and a new Channel 9 video on what’s going on under…
SQL Server’s Query Store, introduced in SQL Server 2016, helps to troubleshoot query performance by capturing a range of information about query usage, CPU, memory consumption, I/O and execution time, and retaining every Execution Plan for analysis. Much of this information is available through queries. It looks set to be…
This Data Driven session, goes over a brief overview of new featutes in SQL Server Management Studio and SQL Server Data Tools coming in SQL Server 2016. They also highlight topics such as new monthly updates, query analysis improvements, Wizard and Dashboard support for Standard Edition Availability Groups, the connection…
Beginning with SQL Server 2016 you will have the ability to store portions of a database in the cloud. This new ability is known as Stretch Database and the feature will be beneficial to those needing to keep transactional data for long periods of time and those looking to save…
Register and attend this live webcast on April 12th, 2016 hosted by Microsoft Technology Strategist Onur Dogruoz, You will learn about the enhanced performance features, complete cloud integration, and industry-leading security tools that are built in to SQL Server 2016. Stretch database: Migrate your historical data dynamically and transparently to the…
Exciting news! Starting today, SQL Server 2014 Developer Edition is now a free download for Visual Studio Dev Essentials members. Microsoft is making this change so that all developers can leverage the capabilities that SQL Server 2014 has to offer for their data solution, and this is another step in making…