As you will see in this chapter, companies use SQL Server for many types of applications and on most tiers now. Gone are the days when you would second guess yourself choosing to use SQL Server over a ...

OK, so we’re still evaluating SQL Server 2014, but are you ready now to explore Microsoft SQL Server 2016? No rest for the weary! Community Technology Preview (CTP) 2.2 is now available as a public ...

If you’re building a Microsoft .NET network and you have an Oracle database, you should migrate it to SQL Server. It is not a question of which is better but of which one is the right tool for you. In ...

Stephen Walli, the former Microsoft exec turned open-source proponent, is at it again. This time, the former Softie is making a case for why Microsoft should consider open-sourcing some of its crown ...

Recent SQL Server 2025, Azure SQL, SSMS 22 and Fabric announcements highlight new event streaming and vector search capabilities, plus expanding monitoring and ontology tooling -- with tradeoffs in ...

OK, I’ll admit it. I’m not a DBA, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t overseen databases and their performance. I was (and probably still am) the guy who installed a Microsoft SQL database by hitting Next ...