This article guides you through enabling the Microsoft Entra-only authentication with Azure SQL feature within Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance. If you are looking to provision a SQL ...

Microsoft is moving another core database management component into the cloud, continuing its broader shift away from traditional on-premises infrastructure. According to Neowin, the company has ...

Transactional replication allows you to replicate data from one database to another hosted on either SQL Server or Azure SQL Managed Instance. SQL Managed Instance can be a publisher, distributor, or ...

Delivering on performance promises made during its November launch, Microsoft has formally released Native Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) support for Windows Server 2025. This architectural ...

Microsoft has announced that Windows Server 2022 and Windows Server 2025 Failover Clusters now officially support running Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) CSVs (Cluster Shared Volumes) and traditional SAN ...

The big picture: Mark Russinovich developed Sysmon and other utilities in the Sysinternals suite to provide advanced monitoring and troubleshooting tools for system administrators. Russinovich now ...

Millions of users work with SQL to keep the gears of their business turning. In an era marked by relentless digital transformation, the proliferation of AI workloads, and tightening regulatory demands ...

With the official release of Microsoft's latest database offering, let's see what was improved and what still needs some work. Today, at Ignite, Microsoft announced the general availability of SQL ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Thankfully, for such things, the document itself is relatively ...

Microsoft is working to resolve a known issue that causes its Defender for Endpoint enterprise endpoint security platform to incorrectly tag SQL Server software as end-of-life. According to a service ...

Microsoft has revealed some details about what's next for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). Customers should expect multiple SSMS releases soon. SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is the tool of ...