SQL Server 2005, now available as a "community technology preview," is an odd beast. For those who believe their databases should be little more than simple data access routines with business ...

We have responsibility across the spectrum, from low-level drivers up through the big GUI tools: SMO [SQL Server Management Objects], DacFX [Data-Tier Application Framework], SQL PowerShell, SSDT ...

For developers, SQL Server 2008 R2 introduces the concept of the data-tier application package or Data Tier Application Component (DAC). Developers with Visual Studio 2010, which has a DAC project ...

In the four years that this application has been running, the database tier has achieved a 99.99% uptime with rolling updates at both the operating system and SQL Server levels.

If you want to build a copy or move data from a Hyperscale database, you will need to use other services like Azure Data Factory, the export service, or even BCP scripts. It also does not support ...

Also included in the latest release is preview support for the Data-Tier Application Wizard used in SQL Server Management Studio, wrote Yu. The wizard support was among the top 10 most requested ...

There’s a very handy new tool from Microsoft called the Database Experimentation Assistant (DEA). The DEA makes it very easy to conduct A/B testing for SQL Server upgrades, providing quantitative ...

"We've also enhanced SQL Server Object Explorer by surfacing the default LocalDB instance and enabling the deletion of LocalDB instances." Other improvements include an updated Data-Tier Application ...

For developers, SQL Server 2008 R2 introduces the concept of the data-tier application package or Data Tier Application Component (DAC). Developers with Visual Studio 2010, which has a DAC project ...