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Optimize TCO with new SQL Server Software Assurance Benefits for Disaster Recovery

Mine Tokus on 01-22-2020 01:00 PM
Software Assurance (SA) Benefits for SQL Server are enhanced on November 1st, 2019 with new rights to build a holistic h...
1,960

Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 2.0 Preview 1

David-Engel on 01-22-2020 08:49 AM
The SqlClient team is moving forward with continuous updates and improvements to the Microsoft.Data.SqlClient data provi...
2,479

Released: update for Kerberos Configuration Manager for SQL Server

Pedro Lopes on 01-17-2020 11:25 AM
The Microsoft Kerberos Configuration Manager for SQL Server is a diagnostic tool that helps troubleshoot Kerberos relate...
4,884

Azure SQL Database Edge - Public Preview

Amit Banerjee on 01-14-2020 10:30 PM
Simplify and secure your data at the edge with Azure SQL Database Edge, available in public preview
2,928

SQL Server 2019 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 now Generally Available

Tejas Shah on 01-08-2020 10:07 PM
SQL Server 2019 CU1 is available on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and as a UBI8 container. Read more about it here...
2,641

Cumulative Update #1 for SQL Server 2019 RTM

SQLTom on 01-07-2020 03:23 PM
The 1st cumulative update release for SQL Server 2019 RTM is now available for download at the Microsoft Downloads site....
1,960

Updated process of configuring AD integrated authentication for SQL Server on Linux

Tejas Shah on 01-06-2020 10:30 AM
Configuring AD integrated authentication for SQL Server on Linux has been simplified and made into a single consistent p...
1,867

Released: Public Preview for Management Pack for SQL Server Reporting Services and Analysis Services

EbruErsan on 12-27-2019 01:32 AM
We are getting ready to update SQL Server Reporting Services and Analysis Services Management Packs (7.0.19.0). This rel...
3,946

Released: SQL Server Management Pack (7.0.20.0)

EbruErsan on 12-27-2019 12:54 AM
An updated version of SQL Server Management Pack is ready. It has many new features which are mostly based on your feedb...
2,538

Introducing Replication and Change Data Capture (CDC) for SQL Server 2017 on Linux with CU18

Tejas Shah on 12-12-2019 12:10 PM
While SQL Server 2019 is all over the news, SQL Server 2017 continues to introduce new capabilities to reduce functional...
2,417

Internals of TDE Encryption scan

goramesh on 12-10-2019 03:23 PM
Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) is a mechanism in SQL Server to secure the data and log files at rest by encrypting th...
1,391

Early technical preview of JDBC Driver 8.1.1 for SQL Server released

David-Engel on 12-10-2019 02:55 PM
We have released a new early technical preview of the JDBC Driver for SQL Server which improves support for Always Encry...
1,780

Cumulative Update #18 for SQL Server 2017 RTM

SQLTom on 12-09-2019 12:15 PM
The 18th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2017 RTM is now available for download at the Microsoft Downloads site...
1,467

Cumulative Update #11 for SQL Server 2016 SP2

SQLTom on 12-09-2019 12:07 PM
The 11th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2016 SP2 is now available for download at the Microsoft Downloads site...
1,492

Microsoft Drivers 5.7.1 Preview for PHP for SQL Server Released

David-Engel on 12-03-2019 12:21 PM
We recently released the next preview of the Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server, version 5.7.1-preview. This previ...
2,439

Released: Public Preview for SQL Server Management Pack (2012-2019)

EbruErsan on 11-25-2019 04:22 AM
We are getting ready to release a new version of SQL Server Management Pack. Please install and use this public preview ...
5,999

Released: General Availability of Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 1.1

David-Engel on 11-20-2019 02:58 PM
We have released for general availability Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 1.1. This .NET Data Provider for SQL Server provides ...
2,319

Released: SQL Assessment API (GA)

EbruErsan on 11-06-2019 11:27 AM
SQL Assessment API is a new mechanism to evaluate configuration of your SQL Server for best practices. The API methods a...
5,265

SQL Server 2019 Standard Edition

Amit Banerjee on 11-05-2019 05:55 PM
On November 4th, we announced the General Availability of SQL Server 2019. As part of our General Availability announcem...
1,750

Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 1.1 Preview 2

David-Engel on 11-05-2019 06:05 AM
We have been busy working on bringing Always Encrypted with secure enclaves support into Microsoft.Data.SqlClient along ...
2,143

Servicing Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM (GDR)

SQLTom on 11-04-2019 06:29 AM
Servicing Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM (GDR) is now available for download at the Microsoft Download Center and Micros...
2,938

Bulk Register with SQL VM Resource Provider

Mine Tokus on 10-25-2019 10:35 AM
Today, we are enabling a new way of registering with SQL VM RP for customers running many SQL Server instances on Azure ...
1,642

Early technical preview of JDBC Driver 8.1.0 for SQL Server released

David-Engel on 10-16-2019 09:35 AM
We have released a new early technical preview of the JDBC Driver for SQL Server which adds support for Always Encrypted...
4,662

Optimize OLTP Performance with SQL Server on Azure VM

Mine Tokus on 10-16-2019 08:22 AM
Most of you are running OLTP applications today with read heavy and complex transactions. The TPC-E benchmark is a relia...
2,186

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

David-Engel on 10-15-2019 04:34 PM
OLE DB Driver 18.3 for SQL Server was released this week, bringing additional Azure Active Directory authentication meth...
2,664

Cumulative Update #17 for SQL Server 2017 RTM

SQLTom on 10-08-2019 06:13 PM
The 17th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2017 RTM is now available for download at the Microsoft Downloads site...
2,407

Cumulative Update #10 for SQL Server 2016 SP2

SQLTom on 10-08-2019 05:31 PM
The 10th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2016 SP2 is now available for download at the Microsoft Downloads site...
1,793

ODBC Driver 17.4.2 for SQL Server Released

David-Engel on 10-04-2019 11:20 AM
We released an update to ODBC Driver 17.4 for SQL Server. 17.4.2 includes a few changes.
2,124

Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 1.1 Preview 1

David-Engel on 10-03-2019 09:45 AM
We have been busy working on documentation and housecleaning tasks since our recent 1.0 GA release and have released our...
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Mine Tokus
in Optimize TCO with new SQL Server Software Assurance Benefits for Disaster Recovery on 01-25-2020
Correct. Benefit is only applicable for passive HA or DR servers. For dev-test activities SQL Server dev edition can be used.
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DVKalashnikov
in Released: update for Kerberos Configuration Manager for SQL Server on 01-24-2020
Thanks for the update, @Pedro Lopes !Support SQL Server 2019 is what was really missing in the previous version. Great job!
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DVKalashnikov
in Released: SQL Server Management Pack (7.0.20.0) on 01-24-2020
Hi @mkmaster78,Thank you for giving us your feedback on the SQL MP, we really appreciate it!Actually, the web-dashboards in SQL MP is in a beta status now. Currently, we're working on performance improvements and adding a load-indicator for dashboard tiles - that's why you can see nothing when click...
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neilc
in Optimize TCO with new SQL Server Software Assurance Benefits for Disaster Recovery on 01-23-2020
Presumably this only applies if the OSE is dedicated to HA or DR and not being used for say development / testing?
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Mine Tokus
in Optimize TCO with new SQL Server Software Assurance Benefits for Disaster Recovery on 01-23-2020
Correct. For 8 cores of primary Standard or Enterprise edition license; 8 cores of passive HA and additional 8 cores of passive DR is at no cost.
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