SQL Server

Many Microsoft’s on-premises products are receiving limited investment, and customers may want to consider limiting their own investments in licensing those products, accordingly.

SQL Server 2012 Extended Security Updates are only available for download through the Azure Arc service, but connecting the SQL Server instance to Azure is not required.

Power BI’s RdlMigration tool is adding support for more SQL Server versions, helping developers migrate paginated reports to Power BI Premium and Power BI Pro.

A preview of Analysis Services’ Tabular Model Definition Language simplifies editing and supports team development but is not a replacement for previous model languages.

In this Webinar, Directions' analyst Andrew Snodgrass provides insight into current trends and how they will shape the future of SQL Server features and services – whether on-premises, in Azure, or both.

In this Webinar, Directions' analyst Andrew Snodgrass provides insight into current trends and how they will shape the future of SQL Server features and services – whether on-premises, in Azure, or both.

SQL Server 2022 BI and integration updates are mostly performance related, and some bring new opportunities for using SQL Server with Power BI and Azure.

SQL Server 2022 introduces new availability and backup options that ease management and reduce risk but bring new limitations and changes.

SQL Server 2022 use of Azure Active Directory for user authentication reaches general availability in most scenarios, except for SQL Server in Azure VMs.

SQL Server 2022 introduces new Azure-connected features that offer unique benefits, but they also bring additional costs, trade-offs, dependencies, and risks.