One way that organizations are storing data in the cloud is by moving their databases to the cloud. What once meant building an entire physical server, patching it, installing software like Microsoft ...

Among many new features, Microsoft's new database management system is well-suited for applications that require uptime and portability. With the recent release of SQL Server 2012, Microsoft is ...

Gain insights from all your data by querying across your entire data estate—SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Azure Cosmos DB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Oracle, Teradata, and ...

Online migration to Microsoft's Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server hits general availability for seamless cloud transitions ...

DBAs have many options for how to ensure high availability (HA) for SQL Server. Some of these options are available in the different versions and editions of SQL Server itself. Some are available in ...

OK, I’ll admit it. I’m not a DBA, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t overseen databases and their performance. I was (and probably still am) the guy who installed a Microsoft SQL database by hitting Next ...

Today, at its Ignite conference in Orlando, Microsoft is announcing the general availability of a new version of its flagship operational database, SQL Server 2017. SQL Server is a product I have ...

Credit card information in your business's database is much more secure if you encrypt it. If you store this information as plain text, unscrupulous users can easily steal the data either through ...

Do you need to find out where the location of your SQL Server's database is? Use this quick tip from Arthur Fuller to show you how. Sometimes your application needs to know the specific directory ...