Both HANA and Spark can speak SQL, but with Vora SAP is not only making Spark speak a better and richer dialect of SQL – one that has support for the data hierarchies that are required for online ...

The only way to get extended support for 2008 versions of Windows and SQL Server is in the cloud. Here's why you should be thinking about 2012 migrations now as well.

SQL Server 2022 can use percentiles to improve the feedback algorithm for queries where the amount of memory changes a lot each time users run them, and persist memory grants feedback even if ...

Joey on SQL Server Top Tips To Make SQL Server Run Faster on Azure VMs Storage and performance can be quite different in the cloud. It's important to choose the right VM size and configure your ...

You can directly run SQL queries on a database from Excel. The traditional method was to create a Macro and write a long Visual Basic code by using ADO connection to get connected with the source.

If they call it a NoSQL database, why would you want to run SQL queries on it? Counterintuitive as it sounds, that’s exactly the idea being explored by a company called Splice Machine. Its ...

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I know you can install Windows 11 for ARM in Parallels and then run Visual Studio and SQL Server on top of that (with ARM-x64 emulation, I guess?), but IIS support was missing last I checked.

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.