Are you ready to unlock the power of Microsoft SQL Server 2014? In this blog entry I will examine my 3 favorite new features that show how SQL Server 2014 provides high-performance OLTP, optimization ...

More details are emerging about in-memory capabilities in the new SQL Server 2014, announced at the recent TechEd 2013 conference. The first Community Technology Preview is expected to be released ...

Microsoft provided "performance, scalability and diagnostics improvements" in this week's release of SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 3 (SP3). The company's announcement of the release comes about two ...

Microsoft yesterday unveiled an updated SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) to ease moving existing Oracle databases to SQL Server 2014. It's the latest back-and-forth effort between the two ...

The combination of social, mobile, data analytics, and cloud (or SMAC) computing has led to unprecedented growth in data volumes. This growth in data volumes presents multiple challenges as well as ...

SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 3 (SP3) was announced on Wednesday, about two years after the release of SP2. SP3 is a cumulative update, which means that it'll upgrade "all editions and service levels ...