Microsoft's Data API Builder is designed to help developers expose database objects through REST and GraphQL without building a full data access layer from scratch. In this Q&A, Steve Jones previews ...

PolyBase, a data virtualization feature for SQL Server, allows users to seamlessly query data from various external sources directly using T-SQL (Transact-SQL) without the need for separate client ...

Every day, businesses depend on data to operate. Customer orders, quotes for new business, conversations around products, campaigns for marketing—pretty much every business process today is based on ...

SQL is still the connective tissue of every modern data stack—from cloud warehouses to mobile apps. Recruiters know it, too: employer demand for SQL skills grew 46% year-over-year, according to labour ...

Seventy years after the invention of a data structure called a hash table, theoreticians have found the most efficient possible configuration for it. About 70 years ago, an engineer at IBM named Hans ...