An opportunity to speak with Sabrena McBride, Senior Product Manager for SQL Server, provided a lot of insight into what's new in R2. Some of the highlights: Among other things, SQL Server 2008 R2 is ...

Stephen Walli, the former Microsoft exec turned open-source proponent, is at it again. This time, the former Softie is making a case for why Microsoft should consider open-sourcing some of its crown ...

With most Excel spreadsheets, you enter data manually into cells and then use formulas or other functions to analyze it or perform calculations. If you have a large data source, such as an Access ...

Microsoft Corp. said Monday that a forthcoming version of its SQL Server would feature tools that would make it easier for more people in a company to interact with a database the software creates and ...

Creating a Microsoft SharePoint list from Microsoft Excel data is safer than sharing the entire Excel workbook. If you’re the author of Microsoft Excel data that others in your organization need to ...