Microsoft SQL Server's relational engine has offered new instrumentation that improves by light years with each new release. The introduction of Dynamic Management Views (DMVs) in SQL Server 2005 ...

Microsoft developed SQL Server 2000 Driver for JDBC to maximize customers’ access to SQL Server data. JDBC is the standard application programming interface for accessing data for Java and J2EE.

The Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) service now works with SQL Server data, and can be applied using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), according to a Monday Microsoft announcement.

Microsoft has closed its acquisition of data warehousing appliance maker DATAllegro, and is talking about plans to boost the scalability of SQL Server into the hundreds of terabytes range.

Tableau Desktop Customers Can Connect to, Analyze, and Act on Insight Gleaned From SQL Server Data Using the Mac OS . Marketwired . Thu, Jun 19, 2014, 6:00 AM.