A Microsoft data platform MVP on the state of SQL Server today -- how it's evolved in Microsoft's Azure-first word, the best features to emerge in recent years and troubleshooting gotchas.

A half-baked alternative to Transact-SQL will not make SQL Server or the development process any better and, very likely, will make things worse. As an administrator, I'm putting a lot of eggs into ...

12. Big Data Support -- I saved the biggest for last, introduced at the PASS (Professional Association for SQL Server) conference last year, Microsoft announced a partnership with Hadoop provider ...