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 ...

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 ...

SQL Server 2016 and Azure SQL Database both give you tables that automatically keep track of changes to your data. Here's how to both create those tables and alter existing tables so they track the ...

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 ...

Microsoft Corp. today released SQL Server 2022, the latest release of its popular SQL Server relational database. SQL Server can run in the cloud and on on-premises infrastructure. The latest release ...

SQL Server 2016 and Azure SQL Database both give you tables that automatically keep track of the history of your data. Here's how to retrieve that historical data. In an earlier column, I showed how ...

As covered by my ZDNet colleague Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft has announced that it is bringing its core, flagship relational database, SQL Server, to the Linux operating system. I also work for Datameer, ...

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 ...

One of the most useful features in Microsoft's System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) product is its reporting engine. Even though there is nothing overly difficult about its installation process, ...

Microsoft has announced the launch of SQL Server 2014, Analytics Platform System and a preview of Azure Intelligent Systems Service as part of their products dedicated to handling big data.