PolyBase, a data virtualization feature for SQL Server, allows users to seamlessly query data from various external sources directly using T-SQL (Transact-SQL) without the need for separate client ...
A few days ago, Microsoft shocked us when it announced that it would soon bring its SQL Server database to Linux. It’ll take until 2017 before SQL Server will be available on Linux, though. Until then ...
It's certainly been done before. Over and over. Microsoft takes on an established incumbent, one that often has a prodigious market lead. It comes up with a sometimes-weak, first competitive response.