Several years ago I was preparing for one of the famous “Conor and Bob” shows for the PASS Summit keynote. I created this elaborate idea involving machine learning, analytics, and other types of new features. I showed this to Conor, and he simply said, “Bob, I think we should stick to the meat and potatoes for our show.” Being from Texas I knew what he meant. Highlight the core engine capabilities of SQL Server.
Of course, SQL has core capabilities for things like machine learning and analytics, but what ...