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The Always Encrypted feature for Microsoft’s Azure SQL Database and SQL Server 2016 is now generally available, the company said. It keeps data encrypted at all times, showing it in plaintext only to ...

Microsoft packed SQL Server 2016 with new advanced features that are supposed to help it compete with a host of other database software. But some of the advanced capabilities in the relational ...

SQL Server 2008 R2 Upgrade Advisor – will anaylyze instances of SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008. To ensure preparedness and a smooth transition into SQL Server 2008 R2. The ...

One of the long-standing differentiators between SQL Server’s Enterprise Edition (EE) and Standard Edition (SE), besides price, were the large number of features available only in EE. This is also ...

SQL Server 2022 is a core element of the Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform and now it comes with new features. The platform seamlessly integrates operational databases, analytics, and data ...

Microsoft announced this week that a faster update release pace will be coming to its newly announced SQL Server 2017 product. Microsoft unveiled SQL Server 2017 this week at its Ignite event, ...

SQL 2016 has a number of major enhancements which will help whether or not you are implementing on-prem, in Azure or in a hybrid model. Last week Microsoft released the preview of SQL Server 2016 ...

Microsoft packed SQL Server 2016 with new advanced features that are supposed to help it compete with a host of other database software. But some of the advanced capabilities in the relational ...