A Microsoft data platform MVP on the state of SQL Server today -- how it's evolved in Microsoft's Azure-first word, the best features to emerge in recent years and troubleshooting gotchas.

Microsoft released an emergency update for Windows Server 2022 at the end of last week. It corrects problems with SQL servers.

A vulnerability in the WordPress Paid Memberships Subscription plugin could lead to unauthenticated SQL injection on affected sites ...

Check perfmon to see if maybe the SQL server is just totally out of memory. There should be no logical difference between @table and #table, but the second actually creates a database object while ...

I'm trying to create a new database diagram in SQL Server so that I can refer to it for relationships and that sort of thing. I opened SQL Server Enterprise Manager, created a new diagram, added ...

When looking at storage performance problems, looking at the performance of the disks for a single SQL Server instance (physical or virtual) may not tell the entire story.

Today's DBA is the Sherlock Holmes of IT - always in demand to solve performance mysteries. But even Sherlock needed Watson to do the footwork for him. In the same way, DBAs need smarter tools to keep ...

If you haven't installed SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 1, keep it that way. If you have installed the service pack, you may be regretting it. Microsoft pulled it last week after install errors surfaced ...

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