The four pillars of SQL Server 2008's enhancements are mission-critical platform, dynamic development, beyond relational data and pervasive business insight. The second and third of these pillars are ...

Microsoft yesterday introduced WebMatrix, "a new lightweight Web development tool that ... makes it even easier for people to get started with Web development using ASP.NET." This announcement came in ...

SQL Azure developers are at a disadvantage compared to Windows Azure coders because of a lack of desktop emulators, a Microsoft blog indicated. The Windows Azure SDK includes emulators that run on ...

Overview MiniDist is a simplified distributed analytical SQL engine implemented in Python. It includes a custom columnar storage layer, a distributed coordinator–worker architecture, and query ...