Partitioned Compute is a new feature in Fabric Dataflows that allows you to run certain operations inside a Dataflow query in parallel and therefore improve performance. While UI support is limited at ...

Abstract: Privacy-preserving collaborative data analysis is a popular research direction in recent years. Among all such analysis tasks, privacy-preserving SQL ...

KYIV, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Ukraine's economy is enduring its toughest period since the early months of Russia's invasion after sustained air strikes left its power system in tatters as the war enters a ...

This is going to sound strange, but one of the things I like about tuning Power BI DirectQuery semantic models is that their generally-slower performance and the fact you can see the SQL queries that ...

Microsoft deprecates SSRS, PBIRS and SSAS management packs for SCOM, ending support in 2027. The move signals a shift from on-prem SCOM extensions toward cloud-based SQL Server monitoring. IT teams ...

Microsoft is moving another core database management component into the cloud, continuing its broader shift away from traditional on-premises infrastructure. According to Neowin, the company has ...

Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) are being woven into software systems at a remarkable pace. When these systems include a back-end database, LLM integration opens new attack surfaces for SQL ...

The new managed functions will let enterprises apply LLM reasoning to structured and unstructured data directly in SQL, eliminating prompt tuning and external tools. Google has boosted its BigQuery ...

Chinese scientists from the Guangdong Institute of Intelligent Science and Technology (GDIIST) unveiled an intelligent supercomputer, BIE-1, at a forum held in the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation ...

Data centers are proliferating in Virginia and a blind man in Baltimore is suddenly contending with sharply higher power bills. The Maryland city is well over an hour’s drive from the northern ...

Let's follow up the last column with a step-by-step breakdown shows how the PowerShell script automates SQL Server backups, manages retention, logs activity and verifies data integrity. In my first ...

This month’s collection of fixes from Microsoft includes 86 patches — but at least there were no zero-day bugs. Microsoft released 86 patches this week with updates for Office, Windows, and SQL Server ...