Which feature in SQL Server and Azure Synapse Analytics lets you run T-SQL queries against external data stores and makes those external sources appear as tables in a SQL database?

Streaming support between SQL Server and an application supports unstructured data on the server (documents, images, and media files). A SQL Server database can store binary large objects (BLOBs), but ...

[!INCLUDEssNoVersion] Remote BLOB Store (RBS) is an optional add-on component that lets database administrators store binary large objects in commodity storage solutions instead of directly on the ...

Recently, Microsoft changed the way the Entra Connect Connect Sync agent authenticates to Entra ID. These changes affect attacker tradecraft, as we can no longer export the sync account credentials; ...

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Lift the hood on most business applications, and you’ll find they have some way to store and use structured data. Whether it’s a client-side app, an app with a web front end, or an edge-device app, ...

Major upgrade to the ever-evolving Oracle Database brings JavaScript support, graph optimizations, in-memory enhancements, and dramatic improvements to JSON operations and in-database machine learning ...