SQL Server is one of the best products to come out of Microsoft, but not every professional knows how to use it effectively. For example, some might find it difficult to create a stored procedure but ...

SQL Server Management Studio or SSMS allows you to connect to the SQL server and execute queries. In this tutorial, we will see how you can install and configure SQL Server Management Studio in ...

Microsoft's Abdullah Mamun and Kendal Van Dyke break down how SQL's recent updates are giving database pros new ways to take control of their data. For those who are in Microsoft's SQL Server ...

A step-by-step guide to deploying, configuring, and testing a multi-AZ, multi-region SQL Server FCI in the Azure cloud, complete with a PowerShell script that handles the networking configuration.

Ok, I'm at a client site where they want to make a program database independent. This is a rewrite of an existing program that used an Access database only. I asked the person in charge how they were ...

I'm doing some development on a dev server of ours for a site that's currently live on another server. They have their own server with a SQL Server database holding the data for the live site. So as ...

A private preview of SQL Server 2025 began in November 2024, followed by a public preview in May 2025. Now, it is time for the natural next step, as the tool has received its first release candidate, ...