Do you need to find out where the location of your SQL Server's database is? Here's a quick tip.

I needed to copy the SQL Server database, with its most recent schema changes, down to my laptop for a client demonstration at a location where Internet connectivity might not be available. Even ...

The local database is stored as a single file in the computer's file system. The runtime is responsible for creation, retrieval and manipulation of data in this database file.

There's a very handy new tool from Microsoft called the Database Experimentation Assistant (DEA). The DEA makes it very easy to conduct A/B testing for SQL Server upgrades, providing quantitative ...

Q&A Get Started Using .NET Aspire with SQL Server & Azure SQL Database By David Ramel 01/23/2025 Microsoft unveiled .NET Aspire at the Build 2024 developer conference, describing it as an opinionated, ...

However, SQL Server data files (MDF and NDF) can get inaccessible due to a variety of reasons and paralyze all business operations. What can be done, if there is no backup of the corrupt database ...