SQL Server 2017, Microsoft's next-generation relational database platform, is inching closer to general availability with this week's Release Candidate 1 (RC1) rollout.
- By Chris Paoli
- July 18, 2017
The "Premium" version of Microsoft's Power BI data analytics offering is now generally available.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- June 12, 2017
Microsoft recently turned the spotlight on some high-profile customers that are using its latest cloud, machine learning and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions as part of what it calls "digital transformation" initiatives.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- April 28, 2017
Organizations anticipating difficulties in carrying out future Windows Server or SQL Server upgrades can now purchase insurance-type plans from Microsoft.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 03, 2017
Microsoft is extending its patching support for Windows Server or SQL Server products by six years with the introduction of new licensing models.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 09, 2016
Azure Data Lake, Microsoft's service for "Big Data" massively parallel types of analyses, is now production-ready, Microsoft announced this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 18, 2016
Microsoft announced the first service pack (SP1) of its SQL Server 2016 product on Wednesday at its Connect() developer conference, taking place this week in New York.
- By Chris Paoli
- November 16, 2016
Subscribers of Office 365 Business and Office 365 Business Premium plans will soon be able to use the Microsoft Access relational database management system.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 07, 2016
Microsoft this week announced the formation of a new business group aimed at fulfilling its goal, as CEO Satya Nadella stated at this week's Ignite conference, of "democratizing AI."
- By Gladys Rama
- September 29, 2016
Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Microsoft's elastic cloud computing platform, became generally available on Tuesday.
- By Chris Paoli
- July 12, 2016
The Internet of Things is everywhere. RCP looks at how Microsoft partners are getting involved and starting to make money in this burgeoning field.
- By Gladys Rama
- June 20, 2016
Microsoft's next-generation database platform, SQL Server 2016, became generally available on Wednesday as scheduled.
- By Chris Paoli
- June 01, 2016
Companies with Enterprise Agreements (EAs) can now use prebuilt images to move their existing SQL Server licenses to Azure Virtual Machines (VMs).
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 01, 2016
In one of their most extensive collaboration efforts, Microsoft and SAP this week announced a broad partnership to integrate Azure and Office 365 with the SAP HANA data platform.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- May 18, 2016
Microsoft's next-generation relational database operating system will become publicly available on June 1, the company announced Monday.
- By Chris Paoli
- May 02, 2016