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Microsoft has just added support for query hints to Azure SQL Database, giving database administrators a powerful tool to manage the performance of ISV application code. Here's how it works. Database ...

Microsoft today announced the general availability of the open source Data API builder (DAB), which provides REST and GraphQL endpoints for Azure databases, some three years in the making. The ...

Take advantage of an operational data store to consolidate data from across your organization and transform it for use in real time. Data is the lifeblood of the modern organization. It is constantly ...

Big Data is increasing the popularity and applicability of NoSQL. The challenge: understanding and integrating disparate NoSQL data stores distributed across your enterprise. Download this white paper ...

The structured query language is a powerful tool for connecting to many database systems that store data in tables organized into rows and columns. It's often used on the backend of business websites ...