Microsoft announced this week that it plans to release a "General Purpose" version of its Azure Arc-enabled SQL Managed Instance (MI) at the "general availability" (GA) commercial-release stage, ...

1. Change registry key SqlCluster in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.x\Setup\ from 1 to 0 2. Disable TCP/IP in Server Network Protocols and enabled Named Pipes from ...

This article explains how to repair the MDF file using the native repair methods and how to use a Reliable MDF file Repair ...

Managing SQL Server across hybrid and multi-cloud environments has long posed a challenge for database administrators. With data sprawled across on-premises infrastructure, cloud platforms, and edge ...

Here’s one big advantage to moving to Microsoft Azure SQL Database—you never have to patch. That’s right. The various SKUs available in Azure’s Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offering are automatically ...

Use custom-built .NET Framework 4.0 classes to connect an ASP.NET Web application to a SQL Server 2012 database. In my recent article, I showed how to connect .NET 4.0 C# and Visual Basic applications ...

Microsoft's SQL Server Migration Assistant lets you move your data and schema to different SQL Servers. Here's what you need to know about the tool. Image: Dilok/Adobe Stock The Microsoft SQL Server ...