I've been playing around with the new SQL Server Data Tools, and although many have complained about missing features compared to the "Data Dude" Visual Studio projects and other tools that SSDT ...

I have a 2014 15” MacBook Pro that I’m looking to replace sooner or later with an equivalent M1 MacBook Pro (most likely the 14”). However, one big holdup is that for my day job, I run Visual Studio ...

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Recently I encountered a problem in a stored procedure that was caused by an unexpected result from the SQL Server ISNUMERIC() function. I was using SQL Server 2008 R2 but the issue has long been ...

Free assessments, e-learning packages for developers to understand their abilities with new Microsoft software to be released in November. For developers who are gearing up on pre-release information ...

Besides launching a set of updated products Wednesday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer lauded the company’s IT user base, calling them the “heart and soul” of the industry. CEO Steve Ballmer tossed the ...

PySpark development is now fully supported in Visual Studio Code. Through an extension built for the aforementioned purpose, users can run Spark jobs with SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters. Last week, ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Nov. 7, 2005 — Microsoft customers and partners gathered today to show their support for the launch of Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005 and Visual Studio® 2005 and the upcoming release of ...