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Microsoft’s Commitment to Interoperability
In our continued commitment to interoperability, we would like to share what the SQL Server product team has been doing for Java and PHP developers. We understand that our customers have application development across all platforms, so providing consistent data access across multi-platform solutions is our mission. We provide enterprise-class solutions for Java developers to connect to SQL Server and SQL Azure.Microsoft ships CTP of Hadoop Connectors for SQL Server and Parallel Data Warehouse
Two weeks ago, Microsoft announced its commitment to Hadoop and promised to release new connectors to promote interoperability between Hadoop and SQL Server.Master Data Services – What’s New In SQL Server Code Name “Denali” CTP3
Master Data Services has made great strides to further remove the barriers to implementing MDM technology and processes into all size of businesses.Announcing the SQL Server Code Name “Denali” Feedback Challenge!
We know many of you have downloaded SQL Server Code Name “Denali” CTP3 and have started testing out all of the new capabilities. Our engineering team has started to receive some great product feedback via our Connect Site however we know there are many more of you out there that have yet to submit feedback.AlwaysOn – New in SQL Server Code Name “Denali” CTP3
What is SQL Server AlwaysOn? SQL Server AlwaysOn is the new high availability and disaster recovery solution for the next release of SQL Server. Using AlwaysOn businesses can achieve increased application availability for their mission critical applications and get higher returns on their high availability investments through better utilization of hardware resources.New and Exciting in SQL Server Code Name “Denali”: Knowledge Driven Data Quality Services (DQS)
In a world of continuously growing amounts of data, data quality is becoming crucial. In order to clean your data and get to a high quality, you need to know “things” about it. We call this “knowledge”.Taking SQL Server Code Name “Denali” Beyond Relational in CTP3
Over the last couple of months the SQL engineering team has been busy preparing SQL Server Code Name “Denali” CTP3. As part of that effort, I have been driving the Beyond Relational scenario, that is adding some useful, cool and in some cases long awaited capabilities to SQL Server in the context of managing unstructured data and spatial data management.SQL Server Code Name “Denali” CTP3 Product Guide is Here!
Today we are excited to announce the release of the SQL Server Code Name “Denali” Community Technology Preview 3 (CTP3) Product Guide. It is available for download now! This product guide release represents a significant milestone for customers and partners who want to experience the extensive new value delivered by SQL Server Code Name “Denali.Parallel Data Warehouse News and Hadoop Interoperability Plans
Today, businesses are increasingly facing a “data deluge,” as the complexity and volume of data grows steadily. Meanwhile, IT continues to grapple with how to manage, store that data, as well as unlock the valuable business insights that data holds.Columnstore Indexes: A New Feature in SQL Server known as Project “Apollo”
Do you have a data warehouse? Do you wish your queries would run faster? If your answers are yes, check out the new columnstore index (aka Project “Apollo”) in SQL Server Code Name “Denali” today! Why use a column store? SQL Server’s traditional indexes, clustered and nonclustered, are based on the B-tree.
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