Hekaton, Microsoft's coming in-memory database engine, will be built into the next version of SQL Server. Meanwhile, SQL Server 2012 SP1 is now generally available.

In the April 9 post to the SQL Server Team Blog, Microsoft SQL Server Technical Fellow Dave Campbell emphasized that in-memory database technologies ultimately achieve the highest value "when ...

More details are emerging about in-memory capabilities and how they boost performance in the new SQL Server 2014, announced at the recent TechEd 2013 conference and possibly due for a CTP this month.

The next version of Microsoft's SQL Server will allow users to host database tables, or even entire databases, within a server's memory.

With SQL Server 2014, Microsoft’s approach to in-memory is to bundle it into its standard relational database platform.”We’re not talking about an expensive add-on, or buying new hardware or ...

SQL Server Drill Down SQL Server Drill Down explores all aspects of Microsoft SQL Server and related applications, with a particular emphasis on issues of interest to SQL Server data professionals.

In late 2016, Microsoft announced the general availability of Azure SQL Database In-Memory technologies. In-Memory processing is only available in Azure Premium database tiers and provides ...

Joey on SQL Server Working with Secure Enclaves in Azure SQL Database Microsoft announced a lot of Azure SQL news at Ignite this month, but few as critical to application development security than ...

With SQL Server 2014, Microsoft’s approach to in-memory is to bundle it into its standard relational database platform.”We’re not talking about an expensive add-on, or buying new hardware or ...