Yes, someone from the SQL Server team must have had lunch with the Active Directory folks during Katmai development. That’s good news for us as SQL Server 2008 users. Cheers, Brian ...

You have a lower cost with SQL Server than with Oracle in a .NET network. When you add the purchase of your Win2K Server licenses and your VS.NET and Office licenses, you’ll probably get it ...

Read the following article I wrote for an overview of the benefits, new features and improvements to expect with SQL Server 2008 R2. A first look at Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 ——————- ...

A step-by-step guide to deploying, configuring, and testing a multi-AZ, multi-region SQL Server FCI in the Azure cloud, complete with a PowerShell script that handles the networking configuration.

SQL Guard delivers unprecedented, continuous visibility into all network-based access to distributed databases, enabling organizations, for the first time, to gain precise knowledge about the who ...

Microsoft this month pushed out 133 patches for a broad swatch of software and apps and plugged a zero-day flaw in SQL Server.

This resource will guide you through some of the basic SQL functions. We divided it into two sections: SQL Server Basics covers common tasks you may be called upon to perform; Transact-SQL ...

I'm backing up my SQL server database to tape and to a local hard drive every night, but I'd like to also back a copy up to a network share.<BR><BR>I have everything set up, I'm using the same ...

SQL Server running directly on Windows or in a Windows VM remains, of course, in rude health. Microsoft also recently introduced a preview of SQL Server for Azure Arc, supporting both Windows and ...

Most Common Wait Types in SQL Server and What They Mean ASYNC_NETWORK_IO —The async_network_io wait types point to network-related issues. They are most-often caused by a client application not ...