Must see video for SQL Developers

SQL Server 2016 is advertised to be the most significant SQL Server in recent times and has a plethora of new ideas and concepts. This presentation (over an hour long) really provides a great background for SQL Server 2016 which is in RC3 presently but appears to be on Azure (preview?) already.

This is a video that you must see if you are a SQL Database Developer. The presentation (nearly an hour, March 30, 2016 Build event) by Lindsey Allen and Tony Petrossian is really informative, helpful and well made.

The stated overview of the presentation was:
"Microsoft offers SQL Server and Azure SQL Database to help you develop great relational database applications. In this session you will learn about the top developer features coming in SQL Server 2016 which are already in Azure SQL Database. Additionally, you will see the latest investments in Azure SQL Database that enable you to easily manage thousands of databases and get the performance and security insight needed to build robust and secure applications in the cloud.
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You can hear the full presentation with all the demos here:
(Day 1 of the Microsoft Build meeting. Lindsey Allen and Tony Petrossian March 30, 2016)

The following demos were presented to deliver the 'wow' impact (it is possible that I might have omitted some).

• In-memory OLTP Demo nicely presented.
• Always encrypted demo(Security schema, security policy  etc)
• Dynamic data matching
• SQL Injection/Auditing
• Demo with Python script
• Demo with Ruby

The video presentation is copied over here as well:



However, if you are short on time and just would like to glance over the slides they used, you may review the following images captured from the video as screen shots.

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Microsoft out of windows into the open

Microsoft is getting into the OPEN in a big way.
First week of March this year Microsoft announced the availability of SQL Server on LINUX for both on-premises and the cloud. The core RDBS capabilities are now in preview but will be available mid-2017. The above image from Microsoft site.


More details here:
http://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2016/03/07/announcing-sql-server-on-linux/

All the very best on Windows will be available for LINUX as well such as:
Mission-Critical Performance
Industry-Leading TCO
The best in best security
Plus all the hybrid cloud innovations
These all available out-of-the box.

Microsoft is not just for Windows but is truly cross-platform.
The preview is available as of the announcement.
Sign-up here to get more as the preview is limited to a select initial group:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/sql-server-on-linux.aspx

Microsoft Cloud OS Network is launched

This post is a mini brief note (my version) of Microsoft Post on their TechNet site,
http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2013/12/12/service-providers-light-up-the-cloud-os.aspx

Microsoft launched the Cloud OS Network to day. Cloud Operating System - CloudOS has a network of more than 25 cloud service providers (CSV's) who will deliver hosted services built on Microsoft Cloud Platform consisting of:

• Windows Servers with Hyper-V
• System Center
• Windows Azure Pack

When business needs are top priority businesses can keep mission critical data applications locally on premises and choose to use the storage and computing in the cloud when needed. This gives them the liberty of having not tied down to just the cloud based service. This network delivers the Cloud OS vision of Microsoft.

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