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Pairing your on-prem SQL Server with a cloud-based instance for high availability has its challenges, but they can be overcome. Here’s how. The geographic distribution of cloud data centers makes it ...

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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 ...