Joey on SQL Server. What Is TempDB and Why Does It Matter? Time to hit the basics and dive into how theSQL Server database engine works. By Joey D'Antoni ...

Extended Events is a tracing feature built into the SQL Server database engine, starting with SQL Server 2008. It has been enhanced with each later version of the SQL Server database engine since ...

Here's a final roundup of what's new in the relational database engine. SQL Server's vector processing-based batch execution mode is now available to the entire execution of R or Python code.

Microsoft's documenation for SQL Server on Linux clarifies things a bit here. Here's the specific wording: "It's the same SQL Server database engine (for both the Windows and Linux versions), with ...

Now Introducing Azure SQL Database Edge. Millions of developers worldwide are familiar with the SQL Server database engine and want Microsoft to provide them with a consistent programming experience ...

Azure SQL Database is a fully managed relational cloud database service that provides broad SQL Server engine compatibility and allows you to dynamically scale database resources up and down ...

Consistency means that no matter which database server you ask, you'll get the same value no matter who's asking or when. ACID, though, doesn't matter much when you're just reading data for analysis.