In some scenarios, such as with Azure SQL Managed Instance, to run a SQL Agent job that executes a Transact-SQL (T-SQL) query on a remote server through a linked server, you need to map a local login ...

Your server effectively just passes a SQL query to the server it links to. That server then breaks down the query (exactly as your server did) and passes whatever SQL it needs to whatever linked ...

Use case In SQL server, you can tell server-instance-B about server-instance-A (ie. separate processes on the same server), and specify a way to map logins. This is useful when you're ...

Microsoft has released the first release candidate for SQL Server 2025, touting AI capabilities and experimental features ...

SQL Server 2017 represents a major step towards making SQL Server a platform that gives you choices of development languages, data types, on-premises or cloud, and operating systems by bringing the ...

We’re excited to announce a new migration experience in Azure Arc to simplify and accelerate SQL Server migration. This new experience, now in preview, is powered by Azure Database Migration Service.