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Microsoft has agreed to rent a data center project in ​Texas that was originally being developed for ‌Oracle and OpenAI, ...

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This week, we are excited to kick off SQLCon 2026 alongside FabCon in Atlanta. Bringing these SQL and Fabric communities together creates a unique opportunity to learn, connect, and share what’s next ...

AdventureWorks is a sample database containing an OLTP database that you often use in tutorials and examples. Microsoft provides and maintains it as part of the SQL Server samples GitHub repository.

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Columnstore indexes give great performance to queries that scan large sets of rows (millions of rows typically), and also provides huge savings in storage space. Typical compression rates can be 90%.