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Best Practices October 18, 2018 3 min read

DBA essentials—SQL Server 2017 security, performance tuning, and more—inside out

Whether you’re an experienced DBA with multiple certifications or just starting on your SQL Server DBA journey, you face challenges constantly for putting your organization’s data to work.

Updates February 21, 2018 1 min read

Announcing a new update for mssql-cli: Special Commands

We have released our first major update for mssql-cli since our recent Public Preview announcement in December.

Events February 15, 2018 2 min read

The February release of SQL Operations Studio is now available

UPDATE: SQL Operations Studio is now GA and renamed to Azure Data Studio.

Announcements January 17, 2018 2 min read

The January release of SQL Operations Studio is now available

We are excited to announce the January release of SQL Operations Studio is now available.

Announcements December 19, 2017 3 min read

The December release of SQL Operations Studio is now available

UPDATE: SQL Operations Studio is now GA and renamed to Azure Data Studio.

Best Practices December 13, 2017 2 min read

Bring clarity to complex data with graph databases on SQL Server 2017

SQL Server 2017, in addition to processing relational data, now fully integrates with graph database models, all on the same familiar system.

Announcements December 12, 2017 2 min read

Try mssql-cli, a new interactive command line tool for SQL Server

mssql-cli, a new and interactive command line query tool for SQL Server.

Announcements November 16, 2017 1 min read

SQL Server 2017: A proven leader in database performance

This post was authored by Bob Ward, Principal Architect, and Jamie Reding, Senior Program Manager and Performance Architect, Microsoft Database Systems Group.

Announcements November 15, 2017 2 min read

Announcing SQL Operations Studio for preview

UPDATE: SQL Operations Studio is now GA and renamed to Azure Data Studio.

News November 3, 2017 2 min read

Three years in a row – Microsoft is a leader in the ODBMS Magic Quadrant

We’re happy to report that Gartner has positioned Microsoft in the Leaders Quadrant in the 2017 Magic Quadrant for Operational Database Management Systems again this year.

Announcements October 10, 2017 2 min read

What’s new in SQL Server Management Studio 17.3

We are excited to announce the release of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 17.

Events October 10, 2017 1 min read

Webinar: Get enterprise-grade features at open-source prices with SQL Server 2017 on Linux

IT pros now have the flexibility of running workloads across Windows, Linux, or a combination of both.

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