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SQL Server 2016 Stretch Database

August 17, 2015 by Derek Leave a Comment

SQL Server 2016 Stretch Database One of the features in SQL Server 2016 that you will want to explore is the ability to store your historical data in the Azure cloud. By leveraging the Stretch Database feature your applications can silently migrate data to the cloud without having to change your existing code. Stretch Database … [Read more…]

SQL Server Polybase (2016)

July 20, 2015 by Derek Leave a Comment

What is SQL Server Polybase? Coming in SQL Server 2016 is the ability to query relational tables as well as data stored in Hadoop or Azure Blob storage. This technology will allow you to continue to leverage SQL Server for your data warehousing and access data stored in different formats and technologies to combine data … [Read more…]