Microsoft offers two paths for running enterprise databases: SQL Server, which you install and manage yourself, and Azure SQL, which Microsoft runs for you as a managed service. Both use the same ...

Who are these scripts for? You need to troubleshoot performance problems with SQL Server, and you need to do it now. You don't have time to track down a bunch of DMVs, figure out Extended Events, ...

SQL Server supports quicker deployment across enterprise tools through integration services and hybrid system support. Oracle Database is structured to manage large-scale workloads using features that ...

Migrating from ASE Sybase 12 to MS SQL Server is a significant step that many organizations undertake to leverage modern database features and better support. However, this migration involves adapting ...

In the world of data management and analysis, professionals often encounter various query languages designed to interact with different databases. Two of the most prominent query languages are KQL ...

I've been playing around with the new Microsoft service, currently in preview and it's time to show off what it can do. Have you ever struggled with a database performance problem or ever struggled to ...

In SQL Server, the database can be stored in different files and filegroups. If your database is small (100 MB or less), you do not need to worry too much about files and filegroups. But if you have a ...

One of the Azure SQL-related announcements that did not get a lot of publicity at May's Microsoft Build conference was the Azure SQL Database local database experience. With all the hype around SQL ...

At Microsoft's Ignite digital event this week, the company is announcing the private preview of SQL Server 2022, the next version of its three-decades-old relational database management system (RDBMS) ...