The Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) service now works with SQL Server data, and can be applied using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), according to a Monday Microsoft announcement.

If you are an old hand at Microsoft SQL Server, you have probably used the SQL Server Agent (i.e., SQL Agent) service and MSDB database for the last 20 years. With a humble and largely unchanged ...

Pairing your on-prem SQL Server with a cloud-based instance for high availability has its challenges, but they can be overcome. Here’s how. The geographic distribution of cloud data centers ...

SOS_SCHEDULER_YIELD —SQL Server instances with high CPU usage often show the SOS_SCHEDULER_YIELD wait type. This doesn’t mean the server is underpowered; it means further research is needed to find ...

Upsize data to SQL Server by creating an entirely new database on SQL Server without making changes to the actual MDB file. Access provides all the tools you’ll need for all three solutions ...

She also announced two new features for SQL Server working on both .NET Framework and .NET Core: Data Classification -- Available in Azure SQL Database and Microsoft SQL Server 2019 since CTP 2.0. UTF ...

JSON and Entity Framework As a general remark, the JSON support in SQL Server 2016 is primarily exposed through the T-SQL syntax, as tooling is quite limited now. In particular, EF doesn't currently ...