"With more updates to the Visual Studio interface for SQL projects coming up and an immediate iteration to v2 of the Microsoft.Build.Sql SDK, there's new ways to increase ... the introduction of ...

You will fail to connect to your database if the SQL Server service is not running. If you try running the SQL Server service from the Services.msc app, you will ...

In addition to the data type, Microsoft plans to add native JSON indexing across both Azure SQL and SQL Server, which should also help the performance of those JSON queries. There are a lot of ...

Dark Mode (source: Microsoft). "Further, many of you will be happy to see the initial stages of support for dark theme," said Microsoft. "Yes, you read that correctly! We are bringing proper support ...

Microsoft complements its relational database engine, SQL Server, with several add-on services that manage different aspects of enterprise business intelligence and information processing such as ...

We take pride in delivering innovation with each new version of Microsoft SQL Server. However, there comes a time when product lifecycles ... to Azure also presents a chance to utilize cutting-edge ...

AI is transforming everything we do, including how we interact with data. Data is the fuel for AI. Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL is the data platform to power today’s modern applications with ...

Hackers are targeting Azure virtual machines (VM) using flawed Microsoft SQL servers as a stepping stone ... the first time someone’s used an SQL server in this way. Starting the attack ...

Hackers have been observed trying to breach cloud environments through Microsoft SQL Servers vulnerable to SQL ... actors to gain access to the SQL Server instance hosted on Azure Virtual Machine ...

Unknown threat actors are targeting poorly protected Microsoft SQL servers, in an attempt to infect ... of the password used to protect an MS SQL server, the researchers concluded.

Besides releasing SQL Server 2022 this week, Microsoft also announced some new options for SQL Server licensing. To provide some background and history, SQL Server has had the same licensing model ...