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Resources from the Microsoft SQL Server and Azure Data Services Teams

Microsoft References from the Azure Data Services Team

PowerPoint Decks, Sample Code and helpful Resources

The Microsoft SQL Server organization (along with its parent, the Microsoft Azure Data Team) has several useful references we have created. While not an exhaustive list, here are a few we think you'll find useful.

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PowerPoint Decks and Presentation Materials

These PowerPoint Decks deal with SQL Server in general, for many different versions and editions. If you find a dead link, hit up the Issues link above to report it.

Deck Location	Description
OneDrive	Bob Ward's Presentations - Source Slide Decks
GitHub	Tiger Team Presentations - Source Slide Decks and Demonstrations

Sample Code from Demos and Courses

These references deal with SQL Server code samples from our courses and other uses, for many different versions and editions. If you find a dead link, hit up the Issues link above to report it.

Code Sample Location	Description
http://aka.ms/bobsqldemos	Bob Ward's Demonstrations - Sample Code
GitHub	Anna Thomas' Leveraging AI in SQL Server 2019 - Sample Code
GitHub	Anna Thomas' SQL Server ML Services End-to-End (Python, Wine Quality) - Sample Code
GitHub	SQL Server Samples - Sample Code

General References and Resources

These references deal with SQL Server in general, for many different versions and editions. If you find a dead link, hit up the Issues link above to report it.

Resource	Description
http://aka.ms/AID	Adaptive Index Defrag to intelligently automate indexes and statistics updates
http://aka.ms/bpcheck	Performance and Best Practices Check
http://aka.ms/dbcompat	Database Compatibility Levels and SQL Server Upgrades
http://aka.ms/iqp	Intelligent Query Processing in SQL databases
http://aka.ms/sqlconventions	T-SQL Conventions and Syntax
http://aka.ms/sqleos	Landing page for SQL Server 2008 and 2008R2 End-of-Support information
http://aka.ms/sqlerrors	Errors and Events Reference (Database Engine)
http://aka.ms/sqlfeedback	Submit feedback to the SQL Server team
http://aka.ms/sqllifecycle	SQL Server Lifecycle Dates
http://aka.ms/sqlperfcenter	Performance Center for SQL Server Database Engine and Azure SQL Database
http://aka.ms/sqlreleases	SQL Server release announcements
http://aka.ms/sqlserverguides	All official SQL Server Guide publications containing information on Database Engine internals
http://aka.ms/sqlstandards	SQL Server Standards Support
http://aka.ms/sqlupdates	Latest SQL Server Builds
http://aka.ms/sqlworkshops	In-Depth Training from the Azure Data Services Team
http://aka.ms/tigertoolbox	SQL Server Tiger Team Toolbox
http://aka.ms/traceflags	SQL Server Trace Flags