Maintaining a SQL Server environment is a potentially complex endeavor. Here are 10 tips for ways you can minimize complexity and reduce stress.

Patch Tuesday fixes 137 vulnerabilities, including critical flaws in SQL Server, Netlogon, Office, and the .NET Framework.

Many DBAs rely on SQL browser services to discover SQL Server instances. However, relying solely on the browser service is inadequate as SQL Express instances will not be seen. This can cause problems ...

SQL Server 2005 replaces these two utilities with SQLCMD. This new tool provides a couple of useful tricks that help you process SQL scripts. All of the SQL Server utilities, including Query Analyzer, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...