From version 1.1.0 to 1.6.0, Apache Flink’s relentless improvement exemplifies open-source development. This article is part of Alibaba’s Flink series. Open-source big data computing engine Apache ...

Introducing a new cloud billing option for SQL Server customers, providing pay-as-you-go flexibility across on-premises and cloud environments. License by vCore [4]New Allows customers to elect to ...

Abstract: As the data-driven economy evolves, enterprises have come to realize a competitive advantage in being able to act on high volume, high velocity streams of data. Technologies such as ...

In announcing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 21 Preview 1 this week, Microsoft revealed Copilot AI for the tool is also being previewed, privately. A Copilot for the tool that helps users manage, ...

Ahead of Microsoft Build (and a possible SQL Server announcement), let's break down what we know and speculate about what we don't. One topic that has come up in several conversations with customers ...

Read this SQL tutorial to learn when to use SELECT, JOIN, subselects and UNION to access multiple tables with a single statement. It’s sometimes difficult to know which SQL syntax to use when ...

Microsoft's relational database engine has had the same licensing model since 2012. The new version released this week brings significant changes that brings SQL Server closer to Azure SQL's licensing ...

Originally developed at LinkedIn, Apache Kafka is one of the most mature platforms for event streaming. Kafka is used for high-performance data pipelines, streaming analytics, data integration, and ...

Streaming data records are typically small, measured in mere kilobytes, but the stream often goes on and on without ever stopping. Streaming data, also called event stream processing, is usually ...

Azure-enabled with continued performance and security innovation, SQL Server 2022 provides a modern data platform to transform your business. SQL Server 2012 Extended Support ended July 12, 2022.