In SQL Server 2016, we saw the first release of PolyBase in the mainline SQL Server product. This supported access to Hadoop and Azure Blob Storage. With SQL Server 2019, the focus changed to ...

We are excited to announce the release of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 17.3! Download SSMS 17.3 and review the Release Notes to get started.. SSMS 17.3 provides support for almost all feature ...

SQL Server Data Files in Azure allows you to create databases in SQL Server running in on-premises or in a virtual machine with a dedicated durable location in Azure blob storage. As part of SQL 2016, ...

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But there is more! SQL Server 2019 will come with built-in support for Spark and the Hadoop File System. That’s an acknowledgement of the popularity of these open-source tools, as well as the ...

Note: For the purposes of today’s article, I will assume that you’re using SQL Server 2005 or later. Every SQL Server database has at least two files; a data file and a transaction log file.

Take advantage of the open source library Serilog to log your ASP.NET Core application’s data to SQL Server or another database target. Logging is an essential feature for any application, as it ...