Patch Tuesday fixes 137 vulnerabilities, including critical flaws in SQL Server, Netlogon, Office, and the .NET Framework.

Microsoft this month pushed out 133 patches for a broad swatch of software and apps and plugged a zero-day flaw in SQL Server ...

Joey on SQL Server. A Deep Dive into SQL Server 2022's Query Performance Features, Part 1. An update to the cardinality estimator feature in SQL Server 2022 will be one of the biggest changes to ...

In SQL Server 2017, when the query optimizer encounters code with a multi-statement TVF, the query optimizer will pause optimization, execute the TVF subtree to get a very accurate cardinality ...

However, there are any number of queries in any application that SQL Server may never see again (at least in, for example, the next 24 hours). The plans for these "one-time" queries are taking up ...

Cumulative Update 7 for SQL Server 2019 is plagued by a known reliability issue affecting the database snapshot feature according to a Microsoft blog post spotted by The Register.

SQL Advisor. Query SQL Server with PowerShell. Get the right information on your SQL Servers via the Get-Service cmdlet. ... Most DBAs are already familiar with SQLCMD, introduced with SQL Server 2005 ...