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Balloons and Data

Posted on May 9, 2017 by way0utwest

This editorial was originally published on Aug 8. 2013. It is being re-run as Steve is out of the office. We see a lot of questions at SQLServerCentral repeated over the years as workers new to the platform encounter some … Continue reading →

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Starting to Use SQL Server 2017

Posted on April 28, 2017 by way0utwest

We’ll have a new version of SQL Server this year. If you missed the Data Amp keynote, in it Scott Gu announced the name as SQL Server 2017, which I assume means we’ll have installable RTM bits sometime this year. … Continue reading →

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SQL Server on Linux is Just SQL Server

Posted on April 27, 2017 by way0utwest

I’ve been working with the SQL Server on Linux (SSoL) version for quite some time, almost a year. In all of that time, I’ve for the most part found that SQL Server is SQL Server. When I connect, run demos, … Continue reading →

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Python in SQL Server

Posted on April 20, 2017 by way0utwest

The Microsoft Data Amp event was this week, with a number of SQL Server announcements. We now know this is going to be called SQL Server 2017, which is no surprise. CTP 2.0 was also released, which includes a few … Continue reading →

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