PolyBase, a data virtualization feature for SQL Server, allows users to seamlessly query data from various external sources directly using T-SQL (Transact-SQL) without the need for separate client ...

We look at how to gain structure from unstructured data, via AI/ML analytics to create new records, selecting object data via SQL and storing unstructured files in NoSQL formats.

Using a server as an information source makes the information available to more than one employee at a time, and is far better than keeping a separate copy of company data on each computer.

For example, you might choose to store your data in some data center in China so that the connection for the audience from China will be minimized from 20 seconds to 0.1 seconds.

SQL Server guru Denny Cherry uses 'horrible' stories about SQL Server disasters in a positive way: to teach others what not to do -- and what to do in case they do things they shouldn't have done.

A new SQL Server 2025 feature lets organizations run vector-based semantic searches on their own data, connecting to local or cloud-hosted AI models without relying on massive general-purpose LLMs.