I've been playing with the new SQL Server Data Tools, and I'm impressed by the way Microsoft has gotten the product out for review and is improving it with user-requested functionality.

This data virtualization scenario is possible with the use of PolyBase connectors." First introduced with SQL Server 2016, PolyBase has evolved over the years and with the latest version, SQL Server ...

Visual Studio .NET tools interface nicely with the database, and the code runs on Windows Server 2003.” The server’s high scalability, he says, is also beneficial. “We have four terabytes of database ...

REDMOND, Wash. — April 18, 2005 — Microsoft Corp. today announced availability of Visual Studio® 2005 Beta 2, Microsoft® .NET Framework 2.0 Beta 2 and the SQL Server (TM) 2005 April Community ...

Learn More. DENVER—Microsoft will release Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 together on Feb. 27, 2008 in what will be the companys single largest launch ever.

Untangle SQL Server connection strings Today’s README file explains how to create connection strings to SQL Server databases using Visual Studio’s built-in tools.

Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 initially were expected to be delivered in 2004, and later Microsoft said they wouldn't be released until midyear 2005.

At Build 2025, Microsoft announced the public preview of SQL Server 2025. SQL Server 2025 now has AI directly integrated into the database engine for improved search.

I know you can install Windows 11 for ARM in Parallels and then run Visual Studio and SQL Server on top of that (with ARM-x64 emulation, I guess?), but IIS support was missing last I checked.

Microsoft SQL Server 2016 won Solid IT's database management system of the year award with MySQL and PostgresSQL as the runners up in the rankings.