Microsoft has dabbled in the ETL (extract-transform-load) marketplace for a long time, in fact, almost 2 decades. Way back in the day, SQL Server shipped with a command-line tool known as the Bulk ...

Microsoft today released SQL Server 2022, the latest version of its database software, which originally launched more than 33 years ago. Microsoft describes this release as the “most Azure-enabled ...

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In 2026, the competitive edge isn't where your data sits, but how fast it moves. We compare how the top five platforms are ...

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Microsoft today announced the general availability of the open source Data API builder (DAB), which provides REST and GraphQL endpoints for Azure databases, some three years in the making. The ...

The world of the data professionals and DBAs is swirling with threats and risks, and those dangers are on the rise. You’re probably accustomed to using longstanding database fea­tures to secure your ...

Microsoft yesterday announced major enhancements to its cloud data warehouse offering. Microsoft Corporate Vice President for Azure Data, Rohan Kumar, gave me the skinny in a private briefing in New ...

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 ...