on system databases packaged with SQL Server. Here’s a rundown of the system databases. (Note: If you decide to explore these system databases, make sure you do so on a development server.) ...

In SQL Server 2000, ... Books Online would tell us to use setup.exe to rebuild the system databases: start /wait setup.exe /qn INSTANCENAME= REINSTALL=SQL_Engine REBUILDDATABASE=1 SAPWD= ...

Relational SQL databases, which have been around since the 1980s, historically ran on mainframes or single servers—that’s all we had.If you wanted the database to handle more data and run ...

SQL Server and Cosmos DB added to data lake platform as lure for building AI features into transactional systems Microsoft is throwing more transactional database systems into its Fabric analytics ...

One of the most useful features in Microsoft System Center Operations Manager is its reporting engine. Installing it can get a little tricky, though. Here's a step-by-step guide.

The read-only resource database contains copies of all system objects that ship with SQL Server 2005 or later versions and should be encrypted if those system objects are deemed sensitive. The tempdb ...

With the 2022 release, SQL Server will now also support database backup to/restore from any Amazon S3-compliant object storage system. Also read: Microsoft's PolyBase mashes up SQL Server and Hadoop ...