While the tech community is excited about the general release of Microsoft SQL Server 2012, more has changed that simply added features. The pricing structure has also changed compared to prior ...

While SQL Server 2008 was little more than a service-pack level upgrade, the 2012 version of Microsoft’s database has a boatload of new features and delivers solid performance improvements.

SQL Server 2012/2014 delivers compelling new capabilities that make an upgrade worthwhile. Many IT professionals agree that the AlwaysOn Availability Group (AG) feature offers the most value with its ...

In this second delve into data cleanliness (read the first, How clean is your data?, here), we’ll test-drive the data profiling tool provided with Microsoft SQL Server. Other profiling tools have ...

With all the cheerleading and the steady drumbeat of new features being released to Azure, it’s easy to lose track of the many cool and valuable new features released in the on-premises version of SQL ...