A fundamental skill for DBAs is to have a firm understanding of the SQL Server database engine's system databases. Tim Chapman discusses these system databases. A fundamental skill for DBAs is to have ...

The biggest feature in the SQL Server 2019 preview launched at Ignite is SQL Server Big Data clusters. Travis Wright, Microsoft's principal program manager for SQL Server, explains exactly what this ...

In-Depth Build Your Own 'Skunk Works' Business Intelligence Project with SQL Using SQL Server, you can build a BI platform without getting your organization's top brass involved. By Andrew Peterson 07 ...

The SQL Slammer worm (w2.SQLSlammer.worm), also known as Sapphire (F-Secure), w32.SQLexp.worm (Symantec), and Helkern (Kaspersky), exploits known vulnerabilities in Microsoft SQL 2000 servers. It has ...

The next SQL Server: Interview with Asad Khan of Microsoft Your email has been sent Learn about the latest features and future of SQL Server 2022 in this interview ...

When in March this year Microsoft announced that it was bringing SQL Server to Linux the reaction was one of surprise, with the announcement prompting two big questions: why and how? SQL Server is one ...

Recently, I was speaking at a SQL Saturday event (www.sqlsaturday.com), when I encountered a question that I've been getting more and more often. It went something like this: "I know that I can look ...

Microsoft isn't letting up on its full-court press to woo PHP developers into the SQL Server world. The company earlier this month hosted 17 PHP developers at a SQL Server JumpIn! Camp, where they ...