Originally this blog post would have had the title “Disabling aggregations over a parent-child hierarchy”, but I thought it could create confusion with the Aggregation Design concept in Analysis Services (SSAS), which is something completely different.…

Channel 9 has two videos up about Project Gemini And Project Madison. These two videos will give you a good overview what Gemini and Madison are all about. Both videos are available in a variety of formats Introduction to SQL Server Project Madison The SQL Server team is working on a new project code-named “Madison”. […]

Microsoft just announced that they have finalized the DATAllegro acquisition: Microsoft Closes Acquisition of DATAllegro Some interesting thing in this press release: Microsoft will offer a new solution based on DATAllegro’s technology that extends Microsoft SQL Server to scale into hundreds of terabytes of data. The company will begin giving customers and partners early access […]