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Simplify data access using de-normalized models
Classic relational databases enable you to create highly normalized data models with schema that might contain a lot of tables. Logical entities are broken into several tables and every complex...
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Simplify REST API development for modern Single-page apps with SQL Server
JSON functionalities that are added in SQL Server 2016 and Azure SQL Database enable application developers to easily expose relational data from database tables and create REST API that will provide...
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JSON in SQL Server – Use cases
JSON support in SQL Server 2016+ and Azure SQL Database enables you to combine relational and NoSQL concepts and easily transform relational to semi-structured data and vice-versa. JSON is not a...
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January 2018 Leaderboard of Database Systems contributors on MSDN
Congratulations to our January 2018 top 10 contributors! Alberto Morillo and Visakh Murukesan maintain their top positions. This Leaderboard initiative was started in October 2016 to recognize the top...
View ArticleNew Windows container images of SQL Server 2017 on Windows Server 1709!
The Windows Server Core container images of SQL Server 2017 Developer & Express based on Windows Server version 1709 are now available on Docker Hub! These can be used in both Windows Server...
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Migrating to Azure SQL Database with Zero Downtime for Read-Only Workloads
Special thanks to MSAsset engineering team’s Peter Liu (Senior Software Engineer), Vijay Kannan (Software Engineer), Sathya Muhandiramalage (Software Development Engineer II), Bryan Castillo...
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February 2018 Leaderboard of Database Systems contributors on MSDN
Congratulations to our February top 10 contributors! Alberto Morillo and Visakh Murukesan maintain their top positions. This Leaderboard initiative was started in October 2016 to recognize the top...
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What is Azure SQL Database Managed Instance?
Azure SQL Database Managed Instance is a new flavor of Azure SQL Database that represents fully managed SQL Server Instance hosted in Azure cloud. Currently, Azure SQL Database PaaS has two main offers...
View ArticleHow to configure tempdb in Azure SQL Managed Instance(preview)
Azure SQL Database Managed Instance (public preview) is a fully-managed SQL Server instance in Azure cloud. In the current public preview there are some known issues and bugs that will be fixed during...
View ArticleDemo – Azure SQL Database Managed Instance in action
Azure SQL Database Managed Instance is new data service in Azure cloud that exposes fully-managed SQL Server Instance that is hosted in Azure cloud and placed in customer VNET. Here you can see some of...
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How to configure network for Azure SQL Managed Instance
Azure SQL Managed Instance is fully managed SQL Server instance hosted in Azure cloud and placed in your Azure Virtual Network. In this post, I will explain how you can prepare network environment for...
View ArticleMonitoring performance of natively compiled stored procedures –...
We just added new database-scoped configuration options that will help with monitoring performance of natively compiled stored procedures. The new options XTP_PROCEDURE_EXECUTION_STATISTICS and...
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March 2018 Leaderboard of Database Systems contributors on MSDN
Congratulations to our March top 10 contributors! Alberto Morillo and Visakh Murukesan maintain their top positions. This Leaderboard initiative was started in October 2016 to recognize the top...
View ArticleCalling Http endpoints in T-SQL using CURL extension
SQL Server Database Engine don’t have built-in functions that would enable you to send information to some API using http protocol. If you would need to call some REST endpoint or a web hook from the...
View ArticleAzure SQL Database – the database engine that cannot die
Azure SQL Database is highly available database Platform as a Service that guarantees that your database will be up and running 99.99% of time, without worrying about maintenance and downtimes. This is...
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Azure SQL Database – scalability
Azure SQL Database is a flexible Platform as a service database that can be easily scaled to fit your needs. You can add more compute or storage to satisfy your performance requirements without waiting...
View ArticleHow Azure SQL Database makes database management easier?
Azure SQL database is a platform as a service SQL Server Database Engine hosted in Azure cloud and managed by Azure. Azure automates many management activities and enables you to focus on development...
View ArticleMeet the Azure SQL Database team at Microsoft Build Conference
Azure SQL Database Engineering team (@azuresqldb) represented by Lindsey Allen, Joachim Hammer, Ajay Jagannathan, Joe Sack, Shreya Verma, Kevin Farlee, Borko Novakovic, Jakub Szymaszek, Mirek Sztajno,...
View ArticleCreating Azure SQL Managed Instance using ARM templates
Azure API enables you to create Azure SQL Managed Instance using ARM templates. These are JSON objects that contain definition of resources that should be created. You can send these objects to the...
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April 2018 Leaderboard of Database Systems contributors on MSDN
Congratulations to our April top 10 contributors! Alberto Morillo and Visakh Murukesan maintain their top positions. This Leaderboard initiative was started in October 2016 to recognize the top...
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