Microsoft will expose the network protocol from its SQL Server database as the service protocol in SDS (SQL Data Services), the cloud-based version of the database, thus enabling customers to use a full relational model in the cloud.
Under the plan, use of the TDS (Tabular Data Stream) protocol also will enable customers to leverage investments in T-SQL (Transact-SQL) development. Applications communicating with SQL Server send T-SQL statements to the server, Microsoft said on Tuesday.
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