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 ...

Learn how Data Transformation Services (DTS) can help you import, export, and/or transform data from various sources to single or multiple locations in Microsoft SQL Server 2000.

SQL Server 2008 gives us the ability to compress data and save on disk space. Without getting into many specifics, data in SQL Server can be compressed at the page level.

Microsoft today released the 2022 version of its SQL Server database, which features a number of built-in connections to its Azure cloud.

Last week was quite the week for Microsoft -- Visual Studio integration with Eclipse, and then the big announcement that SQL Server is coming to a Linux operating system near you shortly. The cool ...

SQL Server 2016 and Azure SQL Database both give you tables that automatically keep track of the history of your data. Here's how to retrieve that historical data.

Take advantage of the open source library Serilog to log your ASP.NET Core application’s data to SQL Server or another database target.