Aaron Bertrand announces the first annual Community Influencer of the Year award.

I take an initial look at the performance of a new function, STRING_AGG, in SQL Server v.Next CTP 1.1.

For both T-SQL Tuesday and #BackToBasics, I provide information about SQL Server backups, and why your restores can be just as important.

I explain a few details about the memory limits in SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 1 that make this upgrade even more compelling.