PolyBase, a data virtualization feature for SQL Server, allows users to seamlessly query data from various external sources directly using T-SQL (Transact-SQL) without the need for separate client ...

We have an ancient AS/400 730 system that still houses some old budget/financial data. We'd like to decommission this box, and migrate the data to a SQL server. The data won't be modified or ...

A new SQL Server 2025 feature lets organizations run vector-based semantic searches on their own data, connecting to local or cloud-hosted AI models without relying on massive general-purpose LLMs.

Other data-related news out of Day 1 of Build includes private previews of instance-level SQL Server compatibility on Azure SQL DB (to augment today's database-level compatibility), and a new ...

This will cause the New Mirror panel to appear. SIOS Technology Step 3: Identify your primary SQL Server data source by selecting “Choose a Source” in the left-hand pane of the New Mirror panel.

When SQL Server 2012 comes out, so, too, will SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT), code name "Juneau," which will provide full-fidelity database design and development experience that can work offline or on ...

Java in SQL Server in Open Source Software This feature set is an example of a broader language extensions capability released in SQL Server 2018 that allows you to utilize SQL Server’s relational ...

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.

Enter a description for the data source, for example, "MS SQL Database." Tap or click in the Server box and select the SQL Server database from which you want to import, then tap or click "Next." ...