May 2017 - Posts

• Graph data processing with SQL Server 2017 and Azure SQL DB

  As soon I saw that SQL Server 2017 supports graph database concepts (queries and modeling) I started to play with it and wanted to know more. And so I took the chance to ask to the program managers working on that feature to come and speak at the PASS Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 31, 2017 11:48 PM by Davide Mauri | 2 Comments Filed under: AppDev, Graph, PASS, SQL Azure, SQL Server, SQL Server 2017

• From ElasticSearch back to SQL Server

  Sharing with the community why we decided to move back from ElasticSearch to SQL Server Sometimes it happens: you move to something that is considered cool and bleeding edge back to something that has dust over it. Well, at least this is how SQL Server Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 24, 2017 3:01 AM by Davide Mauri | 3 Comments Filed under: Azure SQL, ElasticSearch, JSON, NoSQL, SQL Server, SQL Server 2016

• PASS AppDev next webinar: “Introducing R”

  On May 25th the PASS Application Development Virtual Group will host a new webinar delivered by the well know Dejan Sarka and the topic will be R ( https://www.r-project.org/ ) that is more and more used also by developers: Introducing R R is a free software Read More... Posted Thursday, May 4, 2017 11:18 PM by Davide Mauri | 2 Comments Filed under: AppDev, AzureML, Development, PASS, PowerBI, R, SQL Server 2016

• PASS AppDev Recording: “Building REST API with SQL Server using JSON functions”

  Last week Jovan Popovic (SQL Server Program Manager for JSON support and other nice things) delivered a very interesting webinar on JSON and SQL Server / Azure SQL for the PASS Application Development Virtual Group. If you’re interested in the subject, Read More... Posted Monday, May 1, 2017 5:44 AM by Davide Mauri | 3 Comments Filed under: AppDev, Azure SQL, Development, JSON, PASS, SQL Azure, SQL Server, SQL Server 2016