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Microsoft's Data API Builder is designed to help developers expose database objects through REST and GraphQL without building a full data access layer from scratch. In this Q&A, Steve Jones previews ...
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The cloud is becoming increasingly distributed, with container technologies allowing easy deployment of what had been cloud functionality to devices at the edge of the network. What began with ...
Four key considerations to keep in mind when you need a database designed for analytical queries of vast quantities of time series data. SQL often struggles when it comes to managing massive amounts ...