SQL Server has an optimizer that usually does a great job of optimizing code for the most effective execution. A query execution plan is the breakdown of how the optimizer will run (or ran) a query.

SQL Server, SQL Azure and SQL DW [Data Warehouse] all share the same development branch. We have feature switches (like trace flags) that control what capabilities are enabled in a given product.

Business Intelligence Development Services is a major environment for developing business solutions, which includes projects related to Analysis Services, Integration Services, and Reporting Services.

Microsoft's SQL Server toolbox is a complicated ecosystem, and differentiating one tool from another is a challenge. Vicky Harp, lead program manager of the SQL Server tools team, clarifies ...

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

The system he was documenting was built on PL/SQL, Oracle Database, and Oracle Forms and Reports, so he began studying PL/SQL every morning at 4 a.m. with the goal of becoming a developer.

Microsoft isn't open sourcing SQL Server's code, but making it run-able on Linux is a big change for the company. Microsoft has long offered a Mac version of its Office suite and has recently ...