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Why running SQL Server on Docker is no longer frowned upon
Microsoft now lets SQL Server databases run in Docker containers, a capability that depends on using volumes to store data in a persistent way outside the containers. Continue Reading
How much do you know about the components of SQL Server?
From SQL Server Machine Learning Services to the SQL Server Operating System, there's a lot to know about SQL Server. Test your SQL Server knowledge with our quiz. Continue Reading
U-SQL
U-SQL is a Microsoft query language that combines a declarative SQL-like syntax with C# programming, enabling it to be used to process both structured and unstructured data in big data environments. Continue Reading
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Microsoft SQL Operations Studio eases SQL Server admin tasks
SQL Operations Studio simplifies routine administration of SQL Server and Azure SQL databases, making database development and management easier for users who aren't full-time DBAs. Continue Reading
Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB
Azure Cosmos DB is a Microsoft cloud database that supports multiple ways of storing and processing data. As such, it is classified as a multimodel database. Continue Reading
Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database management system, or RDBMS, that supports a wide variety of transaction processing, business intelligence and analytics applications in corporate IT environmentsContinue Reading
How to use a SQL Server create database script to set up databases
You can create SQL Server databases manually, but knowing how to do a scripted database setup is valuable. Here are the steps involved in executing a create database script.Continue Reading
Microsoft SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services)
Microsoft SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services) is an enterprise data integration, data transformation and data migration tool built into Microsoft's SQL Server database.Continue Reading
How to use Python in SQL Server 2017 to run analytics applications
From installation to implementation, here are the basic details on how to take advantage of the Python programming language in SQL Server 2017.Continue Reading
T-SQL (Transact-SQL)
T-SQL (Transact-SQL) is a set of programming extensions from Sybase and Microsoft that add several features to the Structured Query Language (SQL), including transaction control, exception and error handling, row processing and declared variables.Continue Reading
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How much do you really know about SQL Server 2016 licensing?
Should you use Server + CAL licensing for SQL Server 2016 or does Per Core licensing offer more bang for your buck? Read our primer and take this quiz to see if you'd choose right.Continue Reading
flat file
A flat file contains records that have no structured interrelationship. A flat file typically consists of a text file, from which all word processing or other structure characters or markup have been removed.Continue Reading
Microsoft Visual FoxPro (Microsoft VFP)
Microsoft Visual FoxPro (VFP) is an object-oriented programming environment with a built-in relational database engine.Continue Reading
data mining
Data mining is the process of sorting through large data sets to identify patterns and establish relationships to solve problems through data analysis.Continue Reading
query
A query is a question, often expressed in a formal way. A database query can be either a select query or an action query.Continue Reading