Standard [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] Standard edition delivers basic data management and business intelligence database for departments and small organizations to run their applications and supports common ...

Microsoft's rapid-fire release cycle for SQL Server means it's easy for database admins to miss useful new features. Here are some recent additions that might otherwise fly under the radar. Modern ...

Microsoft released its third Community Technical Preview for SQL Server 2005 this month with a new ad hoc reporting tool and 64-bit support for more components of Microsoft's flagship database. As the ...

As a heavy user of other RDBMS data platforms, I have long appreciated the extra effort that Microsoft put into their data management and administration tool, the SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).

Learn how to back up SQL Server to Azure Storage. Explains the benefits of backing up SQL databases to Azure Storage. Starting with SQL Server 2012 SP1 CU2, you can now write SQL Server backups ...