Practical App. Top 10 Secrets of a SQL Server Expert. Maintaining a SQL Server environment is a potentially complex endeavor. Here are 10 tips for ways you can minimize complexity and reduce stress.

SQL Server is a robust and mature product and the number of features available to database administrators and developers continues to mount. Do not let fear of upgrading – to a new version or to a new ...

A single SQL Server can host multiple instances and multiple databases. If an existing SQL Server 2014 deployment has the available capacity, you may be able to migrate SQL Server 2005 workloads ...

SQL Server tip No. 6: Don’t panic over xp_cmdshell This one isn’t a lockdown method, but I wanted to take this time to dispel a myth. Despite what you might have heard, xp_cmdshell isn’t evil.

Joey on SQL Server. Top Tips To Make SQL Server Run Faster on Azure VMs. Storage and performance can be quite different in the cloud. It's important to choose the right VM size and configure your ...

In this new white paper, discover the top 10 tips to get the most from SQL Server. ... and how these optimization tricks and strategies will help kick mediocre SQL performance to new heights.