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• February 12, 2019 12 Feb'19

  Talend Stitch tools load data to Azure SQL Data Warehouse

  Cloud data warehouses see serious data transformation work moving to the cloud. Talend's first integration with Stitch, which it recently bought, reflects the trend.

• November 30, 2018 30 Nov'18

  Faster R&D pace complicates SQL Server upgrades for users

  Microsoft is updating SQL Server and Azure SQL Database more quickly than it did in the past -- and keeping up with the new releases can be a tough task for DBAs.

• November 29, 2018 29 Nov'18

  Microsoft data platform gets new cloud, on-prem features

  Microsoft released a second preview of SQL Server 2019 and said users can now run applications in either on-premises SQL Server systems or its Azure SQL Database cloud service.

• November 12, 2018 12 Nov'18

  Enterprise Power BI platform advances with SSRS, 'dataflows'

  Microsoft embeds its SSRS reporting software and more-advanced data preparation tools in Power BI, part of a plan to blend self-service and enterprise BI for users.

• November 08, 2018 08 Nov'18

  Microsoft Azure SQL Database nears parity with SQL Server

  Microsoft is adding functionality to Azure SQL Database to enable users to migrate more SQL Server applications to the cloud platform and run bigger databases on it.

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• October 31, 2018 31 Oct'18

  PASS Summit 2018 spotlights new demands on SQL Server DBAs

  This year's PASS Summit comes as SQL Server 2019 looms and the cloud becomes a bigger factor. PASS board member Tim Ford talks about key trends ahead of it.

• September 25, 2018 25 Sep'18

  SQL Server 2019 preview brings Hadoop, Spark and AI into DBMS

  A SQL Server 2019 preview brings Hadoop and Spark into the fold, positioning the database as an all-purpose data portal. Azure Cosmos DB also gets an update.

• August 29, 2018 29 Aug'18

  Talend tool targets Azure data integration for analytics use

  Talend released software that does bulk data uploads to Microsoft's Azure SQL Data Warehouse. The goal is to streamline data integration and support real-time analytics.

• June 11, 2018 11 Jun'18

  Proposed Microsoft-GitHub buy confirms open source role in cloud

  The looming Microsoft-GitHub pairing confirms the company's rebirth as an open source friend. Data tools on the Azure cloud are part of the motivation.

• May 16, 2018 16 May'18

  Azure Cosmos DB features, pricing morph with new provisioning model

  The ability to provision Azure Cosmos DB throughput at the database level could come with pricing sticker shock for some users of Microsoft's multimodel database.

• March 21, 2018 21 Mar'18

  ObjectRocket launches Azure MongoDB service

  Count ObjectRocket among those pursuing Azure MongoDB deployments. This open source NoSQL database continues to find traction on the web and in the cloud.

• January 17, 2018 17 Jan'18

  Meltdown and Spectre fixes eyed for SQL Server performance issues

  Microsoft has responded to the Spectre and Meltdown chip vulnerabilities with patches and other fixes. But IT teams need to sort out SQL Server performance issues they may create.

• November 21, 2017 21 Nov'17

  Microsoft Azure cloud database activity takes off at Connect();

  Microsoft Connect(); 2017 saw the addition of MariaDB and Cassandra to the Azure cloud database lineup. Also discussed: A set of Spark-based analytics services called Azure Databricks.

• November 09, 2017 09 Nov'17

  Microsoft boosts SQL Server machine learning services

  Python and R are among the tools in the SQL Server machine learning toolkit. Native T-SQL scoring is also on the agenda, as uncovered at PASS Summit 2017.

• November 06, 2017 06 Nov'17

  Power BI updates drive Microsoft's latest hybrid cloud efforts

  At PASS Summit 2017, Microsoft Azure's strides were measured in steps. These include Power BI updates that bring cloud reporting services down to earth.