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 ...

which can now optimize queries in a number of more complex scenarios, for example. Also interesting is a new pay-as-you-go billing model for SQL server through Azure Arc, Microsoft’s platform ...

As today’s database administrators (DBAs) manage the complexity of modern database ... The good news about the SQL Server community is that the members of the community share with each other. For ...