SQL Server 2016

SQL Server 2016: Live query statistics

During my tests of the SQL Server 20126 CTP2, I noticed an additional icon on SQL Server Management studio which is close to the Actual Execution Plan button as shown below: I decided to take a look at the(…)

SQL Server 2016 : availability groups and the new potential support for standard edition

In my first blog about availability groups with SQL Server 2016, I talked quickly about the new interesting option: DB_FAILOVER. In this blog post, I will continue by introducing the new potential support of availability groups in a standard(…)

SQL Server 2016 CTP2 : first thoughts about tempdb database

In my first blog about SQL Server 2016, I noticed during the SQL Server installation process that we are able to configure the number of files for tempdb. This is surely a great improvement(…)

SQL Server 2016 CTP2 is out!

As announced by Satya Nadella at the Microsoft Ignite keynote in Chicago, SQL Server 2016 CTP2 is finally out and it follows a previous private CTP. This CTP will provide some(…)

SQL Server vNext becomes SQL Server 2016

  Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft has announced at the Microsoft Ignite keynote in Chicago that SQL Server 2016 public preview will come this summer and you can be sure that at dbi services we’re looking(…)