StreamSets announces integration with, and support for, SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters (BDC), Microsoft's new database-data lake solution. StreamSets' third-party platform imbues SQL 2019 BDC ...

The move of Microsoft's 2019 version of its database into Redmond's equivalent of a software care home means only SQL Server 2022 remains in mainstream support, which is due to end on January 11 ...

Microsoft has clarified the more confusing elements of SQL Server licensing and extended major benefits to customers. The catch is that Software Assurance is required to take advantage of them.

Global software house Microsoft is making big data the focus of SQL Server 2019, set for release later this year. A key part is data virtualisation, eliminating complex ETL processes.