As you will see in this chapter, companies use SQL Server for many types of applications and on most tiers now. Gone are the days when you would second guess yourself choosing to use SQL Server over a ...

SQL Server Analysis Services, one of the key features of Microsoft's relational database enterprise offering, is going to the cloud. The company announced Tuesday that it's launching the public ...

When running SQL Server Analysis Services, EE-only features include Star join query optimizations, Global batch aggregation, parallel query processing on partitions, Scalable read-only configurations, ...

Gemini will incorporate an update to SQL Server Analysis Services, plus some new in-memory components, some "splicers" and add-in exerpiences based on Excel, and deeper SharePoint integration ...

Microsoft complements its relational database engine, SQL Server, with several add-on services that manage different aspects of enterprise business intelligence and information processing such as data ...

An opportunity to speak with Sabrena McBride, Senior Product Manager for SQL Server, provided a lot of insight into what's new in R2. Some of the highlights: Among other things, SQL Server 2008 R2 is ...