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2,220

What is MaxDOP controlling?

Pedro Lopes on 07-07-2020 07:00 AM
The Max Degree of Parallelism, or MAXDOP, is one of the most known settings in the SQL Database Engine. There are guidel...
6,495

Lift and Shift Always On SQL Server Failover Cluster Instance (SQL FCI) to Azure VMs

Mine Tokus on 07-06-2020 09:51 AM
Today, we are announcing two new features enabling lift and shift of Always On SQL server Failover Cluster instances (SQ...
1,197

Released: Azure SQL Managed Instance Management Pack (7.0.22.0)

EbruErsan on 07-03-2020 05:46 AM
System Center Operations Manager Management Pack for Azure SQL Managed Instance is now available. If you have a hybrid d...
1,116

Cumulative Update #21 for SQL Server 2017 RTM

SrinivasSQL on 07-01-2020 02:14 PM
The 21th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2017 RTM is now available for download at the Microsoft Downloads site...
1,081

It just works - Backup compression on TDE databases

Pam Lahoud on 07-01-2020 10:00 AM
Starting with SQL Server 2019 CU5, you no longer need to specify MAXTRANSFERSIZE >64KB to enable backup compression on a...
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Released: Public Preview for SQL Server Management Pack (7.0.23.0)

EbruErsan on 06-29-2020 07:01 AM
We are getting ready to release a new version of SQL Server Management Pack. Please install and use this public preview ...
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Released: SSRS and SSAS Management Packs now monitoring 2012 and up (7.0.22.0)

EbruErsan on 06-24-2020 01:00 AM
This update enables the new version-agnostic management packs for SSRS and SSAS to monitor versions 2012, 2014, and 2016...
1,191

Cumulative Update #5 for SQL Server 2019 RTM

SQLTom on 06-22-2020 11:29 AM
The 5th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2019 RTM is now available for download at the Microsoft Downloads site....
4,449

Released: SQL Server Assessment Extension for Azure Data Studio (Public Preview)

EbruErsan on 06-17-2020 06:13 AM
SQL Server Assessment Extension for Azure Data Studio provides a user interface for evaluating your SQL Server instances...
2,569

Released: General Availability of Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 2.0

David-Engel on 06-16-2020 05:02 PM
We have released for general availability Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 2.0. This .NET Data Provider for SQL Server provides ...
2,639

Released: Update to Microsoft OLE DB Driver 18 for SQL Server

David-Engel on 06-04-2020 11:28 AM
OLE DB Driver 18.4 for SQL Server is released today, bringing support for Transparent Network IP Resolution and UTF-8 cl...
2,161

Cumulative Update #13 for SQL Server 2016 SP2

SQLTom on 05-29-2020 04:46 PM
The 13th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2016 SP2 is now available for download at the Microsoft Downloads site...
1,380

Intro - SQL Server Transparent Data Encryption and Extensible Key Management Using Azure Key Vault

Adrian_Rupp on 05-29-2020 02:14 PM
Part - Intro of a 4-part blog series: Setting up Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) and EKM (Extensible Key Management) t...
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Part 1 - SQL Server TDE and Extensible Key Management Using Azure Key Vault

Adrian_Rupp on 05-29-2020 02:14 PM
Install the SQL Server Connector for Microsoft Azure Key Vault This is Part:1 of a 4-part blog series: This blog in the ...
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Part 2 (PowerShell) - SQL Server TDE and Extensible Key Management Using Azure Key Vault

Adrian_Rupp on 05-29-2020 02:14 PM
Set up an Azure Active Directory Service Principal and Azure Key Vault using PowerShellThis is Part: PS2 (PowerShell) of...
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Part 2 (Portal) - SQL Server TDE and Extensible Key Management Using Azure Key Vault

Adrian_Rupp on 05-29-2020 02:13 PM
Set up an Azure Active Directory service principal using the Azure PortalThis is Part: AP2 (Azure Portal) of a 4-part bl...
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Part 3 (Portal) - SQL Server TDE and Extensible Key Management Using Azure Key Vault

Adrian_Rupp on 05-29-2020 02:13 PM
Create a Key Vault using the Azure PortalThis is Part: AP3 (Azure Portal) of a 4-part blog series: This blog in the seri...
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Part 4 - SQL Server TDE and Extensible Key Management Using Azure Key Vault

Adrian_Rupp on 05-29-2020 02:13 PM
Configure SQL ServerThis is Part: 4 (SQL) of a 4-part blog series: After setting up Azure Active Directory and registeri...
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Early technical preview of JDBC Driver 8.3.1 for SQL Server released

David-Engel on 05-29-2020 06:00 AM
We have released a new early technical preview of the JDBC Driver for SQL Server which contains numerous additions and c...
1,767

Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 2.0 Preview 4

David-Engel on 05-21-2020 05:33 PM
The SqlClient team is moving forward with continuous updates and improvements to the Microsoft.Data.SqlClient data provi...
2,500

Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 1.1.3

David-Engel on 05-15-2020 04:55 PM
We recently released an update to Microsoft.Data.SqlClient, version 1.1.3. The update addresses a couple issues that are...
2,590

Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 2.0 Preview 3

David-Engel on 05-01-2020 02:47 PM
The SqlClient team is moving forward with continuous updates and improvements to the Microsoft.Data.SqlClient data provi...
4,313

Released: Public Preview for Azure SQL Database Managed Instance Management Pack (7.0.21.0)

EbruErsan on 04-27-2020 05:42 AM
We are releasing a public preview for Azure SQL Database Managed Instance Management Pack for SCOM. If you have a hybrid...
2,739

Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 1.1.2

David-Engel on 04-15-2020 03:28 PM
We recently released an update to Microsoft.Data.SqlClient, version 1.1.2. The update addresses a few issues that are im...
2,153

Hotfix Release: Microsoft Drivers 5.8.1 for PHP for SQL Server

David-Engel on 04-15-2020 03:16 PM
We recently released an update for the Linux version of Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server. Version 5.8.1 adds pro...
2,391

SQL Server 2017 adds support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and Ubuntu 18.04

Tejas Shah on 04-13-2020 12:24 PM
SQL Server 2017 adds support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and Ubuntu 18.04
2,214

Cumulative Update #20 for SQL Server 2017 RTM

HristinaSQL on 04-09-2020 09:34 PM
Cumulative Update #20 for SQL Server 2017 RTM The 20th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2017 RTM is now availabl...
1,370

Early technical preview of JDBC Driver 8.3.0 for SQL Server released

David-Engel on 04-01-2020 02:01 PM
We have released a new early technical preview of the JDBC Driver for SQL Server which adds support for Java 14 along wi...

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PrabuM
in ODBC Driver 17.5 for SQL Server Released on 07-07-2020
Hi @David-Engel Thank you for the link. This helps for our scenario RegardsPrabu
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David-Engel
in ODBC Driver 17.5 for SQL Server Released on 07-07-2020
Hi @PrabuM, Please see the System Requirements for Linux/macOS: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/odbc/linux-mac/system-requirements?view=sql-server-ver15#sql-version-compatibilityThe SQL version compatibility is the same for the driver on Linux as it is on Windows. As far as the operatin...
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James van den Berg
in Released: Azure SQL Managed Instance Management Pack (7.0.22.0) on 07-03-2020
Thank you Ebru for Sharing with the Community 8) Awesome Management Pack
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DVKalashnikov
in Released: Public Preview for SQL Server Management Pack (7.0.23.0) on 06-30-2020
Hi, @segmilne We appreciate your feedback and remember your suggestion!Unfortunately, this improvement needs additional investigation from our side. We have this in our backlog and will try our best to investigate it and if possible – implement for the next release of SQL MP.
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PrabuM
in ODBC Driver 17.5 for SQL Server Released on 06-29-2020
Is there any link which explains the support agreement with Microsoft for using the ODBC driver on a linux server (RHEL 7 e.g. ) to connect to a SQL server 2019 hosted on a Windows ? I could not find any . Thanks in advance
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