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 ...

Note – Report Builder 2.0 is not installed along with the SQL Server Reporting Services, but is available as a free download in the SQL Server 2008 feature pack. Figure 1.3 shows the Report ...

In this article, I'll show you several cool and useful tricks. First, I'll demonstrate how to drag images from the file system over a Windows Forms PictureBox control and trap the file information for ...

[Click on image for larger view.] Figure 6. We have really just dipped our toe into the water that is using SMO with PowerShell to explore and report on various portions of SQL server and its database ...

[Click on image for larger view.] SQL Server 2016 Overview (source: Microsoft) Another focus of the event was the new "Stretch Database" capability, exemplifying SQL Server 2016's close connection to ...