Microsoft offers two paths for running enterprise databases: SQL Server, which you install and manage yourself, and Azure SQL, which Microsoft runs for you as a managed service. Both use the same ...

If you work with data — or want to — Microsoft SQL Server is a skill worth having in your back pocket. The 2025 Total Microsoft SQL Server Bundle gives you five courses and 17 hours of practical, real ...

A small social media poll from Visual Studio guru Mads Kristensen split respondents over whether the IDE should add more database tooling, while the discussion quickly turned to existing SQL project ...

Despite its steep licensing costs, SQL Server continues to prove its worth over open-source alternatives in some key areas. SQL Server is an expensive part of your IT stack -- SQL Server Enterprise ...

It took longer than expected, but the latest CTP is now available, adding clear encryption, better reporting and geospatial support. SQL Server 2008's promised support for clear encryption could free ...

In the last article we we looked at the new feature of .NET integration into the upcoming version of SQL Server 2005. This time we look at some more innovations in SQL Server by using the .NET ...

Last month we looked at the upcoming MS SQL Server 2005 Beta 2. In this version, the programmability of SQL Server is not anymore restricted only to SQL statements. You can now create solutions in SQL ...

The next release of Microsoft’s SQL Server database, which is currently known by its codename of Yukon, allows managed code to be executed within the confines of the database server’s process. There ...