Today marks the official birthday of Microsoft SQL Server 2025. Here's where to download the evaluation version. Here are the top things you wanna consider as you talk to your managers, developers, and end users. The feature differences between 2025 Enterprise and Standard have been revealed, and the news for Standard Edition folks is spectacular: it now supports up to 32 CPU cores and 256GB RAM!

Explore how to create and use a JSON index in SQL Server to improve query performance for tables that store JSON data.

We all know the Hash Match operator. It joins or aggregates data, based on a hash table. That hash table is ideally stored in memory. But if the granted memory is insufficient, then Hash Match will sp...

There are a lot of exciting features this month, including mobile optimized report layouts, the best way to view data in the general availability of Power BI mobile apps, editing your semantic models...

This tip discusses additional Power BI mistakes to avoid​ to ensure Power BI is being used to its fullest extent in the most beneficial way.

dataMinds Connect is a 3 day in-person event in the wonderful city of Mechelen, Belgium. It's an IT related event with a specific focus on the Microso...

In today’s ever-changing analytics landscape it can be difficult to plan out your next project or your enterprise analytics roadmap. Designed to optimize data infrastructure planning, the Microsoft Fa...

Trump paralysed the "Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board" (PCLOB), a key element of the EU-US data transfer deal that allows EU-US data flows.

The SQL Tools is pleased to announce the release of SSMS 21 Preview 3.

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I recently read the book Agile Data Warehouse Design - Collaborative Dimensional Modeling, from Whiteboard to Star Schema (quite the title) by Lawrence Corr and Jim Stagnitto. The book was recommended...

Learn more on how to automate the migration of your Power BI capacities to Microsoft Fabric.

The highly anticipated Python Notebook is now in preview! This new feature is designed to enhance the experience of BI Developers and Data Scientists working with smaller datasets using Python as thei...

Analyze semantic model logs with Fabric Workspace Monitoring using KQL queries for insights and optimizing Power BI performance