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I stopped paying for backup software — Windows already has a built-in drive mirroring tool

One command and a scheduler replaced my entire subscription.

The database that refused to die: How Postgres survived its own creators

Stonebraker essentially abandoned Postgres in the mid-1990s. But instead of fading into obscurity, the codebase was salvaged ...
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Getting started with recover and restore operations for SQL databases in C#

Azure SQL sample for managing point in time restore and recover a deleted SQL Database - Create a SQL Server with two database from a pre-existing sample. Create a new database from a point in time ...

For June, Patch Tuesday means an IT scramble

Microsoft’s monthly update included 206 fixes for flaws in everything from Windows to Office to Exchange Server, not to mention three zero-days.
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End of double licensing: Microsoft SQL Server in Amazon RDS

Run SQL Server in the managed AWS service without re-licensing: Amazon RDS now allows bringing existing licenses and installation media. For the first time, AWS is allowing customers to transfer ...