SQL Server can query across a heterogeneous mix of graph tables and conventional ones. It can also enlist columnstore indexes in accelerating queries that benefit from them.

Graph database query languages are growing, along with graph databases. They let developers ask complex questions and find relationships.

SQL Server 2022 has more Intelligent Query Processing features to speed up existing workloads and database applications with what Khan calls “minimal implementation effort.” ...

The new CE feedback feature in SQL Server 2022 will allow the engine to make decisions on an individual query level, which will help the performance to even more queries on a server.

Neo4j Inc. is bringing its graph database technology to the business intelligence sphere with the addition of a connector that presents live graph datasets into popular BI platforms.

Following the Jupyter model, the .NET-centered Polyglot notebooks combine Markdown and code. They allow multiple languages in the same notebook.