A default locked-down configuration, data encryption, and other new features strengthen security. Analysis Services, Reporting Services, and Data Mining are now fully integrated and mature. DTS (Data ...

This means we can extract information from our UMDW and perform some Data Mining algorithms on the data to uncover some patterns and trends. Instead of Business data we are analyzing SQL Server ...

JSON has stolen some of XML's thunder with features such as human and machine readability, a lightweight, compact text structure and support for many software and hardware platforms. JSON (JavaScript ...

When it comes to data mining and predictive analytics, Microsoft Corp. might not be the first company that comes to mind. That could change, however, especially if Donald Farmer, Redmond's principal ...

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 ...

With the latest public preview available, it’s time to decide if you want to upgrade to Microsoft’s most cloud-connected version of SQL Server so far. Three decades on, SQL Server is still a database ...