Microsoft has just added support for query hints to Azure SQL Database, giving database administrators a powerful tool to manage the performance of ISV application code. Here's how it works. Database ...

-- compress 2-4x. The difference is less as we have a Primary Key on the table that creates a Unique Non-clustered index ...

Data has become the lifeblood of the enterprise. It’s the foundation for keen insight and effective decisions that lead to business growth. One of our primary design goals for SQL Server 2016 was to ...

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This blog post was authored by: Sahaj Saini, PM on the Microsoft Analytics Platform System (APS) team. In this blog post, we’ll provide a quick overview of Symmetric Multi-Processing (SMP) vs.

Note: A Pre-requisite is following the instructions in the document: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sql-database/sql-database-in-memory#2-install-the-in ...