Microsoft publishes SQL Server 2025 Release candidate with TLS 1.3, Ubuntu 24.04 support and many AI improvements. Reading processes are up to 50 times faster, but an important restriction remains ...

Microsoft has released the first release candidate for SQL Server 2025, touting AI capabilities and experimental features ...

Uniting the features and functionality of the SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer (DPA) and SolarWinds SQL Sentry (formerly the flagship product of SentryOne) into a new, single licensed product, ...

Microsoft has published the first Release Candidate of SQL Server 2025. RC0 introduces a number of notable new features, including official support for ...

Joey on SQL Server Why Activity Monitor May Be Hurting Your SQL Server's Performance As Joey explains, Activity Monitor consumes a lot of resources and yields little usable data.

In 2012, MS SQL introduced the ColumnStore (CS) Index. It was their first step away from classic row store organization to a column orientated storage and the promise of faster performance with ...

Microsoft's goal for the Query Store was to help DBAs facilitate upgrading to newer releases of SQL Server by providing persistent performance data to could be analyzed over time.

Prior to using SQL Server 2016, the customers were using a mix of previous versions of Microsoft SQL Server, mainly 2012 and 2014. To support their growth, the customers needed improved ...