Microsoft announced a new data access driver for SQL Server that should be the path forward for data developers in the era of .NET Core. As the traditional, Windows-only .NET Framework is basically ...

To help developers and database administrators understand the mechanics of PolyBase and how to write T-SQL queries to access data from heterogeneous sources, Kevin Feasel, proprietor of Catallaxy ...

With SQL Server Data Tools, you can access data stored in SQL Server. Microsoft Visual Studio can be used to develop powerful applications for SQL Server, Azure SQL Data Warehouse, and Azure SQL ...

The Connection Properties dialog opens. For my sample ITworld application, I changed the data source to Microsoft SQL Server (SQLClient), and entered the necessary Server, Log On, and database values.

SQL Server Data Tools has upgraded from Microsoft.Data.SQLClient 3.0 to 5.0. The new version has support for TDS 8.0 , support for specifying Server SPN and Failover Server SPN on the connection.

Solution. A Microsoft SQL Server Business Intelligence Edition database. The Microsoft Corporation. A Microsoft SQL Server data platform is a cloud-ready information platform that has the power to ...

Microsoft rolled out another round of prerelease versions of Visual Studio 2005, .Net Framework 2.0 and SQL Server 2005 as it strives to hit its revised ship dates during the second half of the year.