Microsoft on Thursday announced new Extended Security Updates plans that add three years of patch support for organizations using SQL Server 2008/R2 and Windows Server 2008/R2 products.

It is possible to use the SQL Server Agent to execute PowerShell scripts. If you've worked with the SQL Server Agent to run jobs on your server, you already know that whenever you define a job ...

You can give your users rights to check if reports have run or jobs are complete without granting full admin rights. Here's how you can do so by using SQLAgentReaderRole in SQL Server.

To do this, we’ll use an SQL Server Agent Job. Using SQL Management Studio, create a new SQL Server Agent Job: Fill in the general details and then go to the Steps page to add a couple of steps.

In a move to speed online transaction processing (OLTP), Microsoft is adding in-memory capabilities into its SQL Server relational database management system. The next version of SQL Server will ...

Add Images to SQL Server . Adding images to and removing them from a SQL Server database is straightforward using simple drag-and-drop procedures. By Jason Beres; 07/01/2004; Technology Toolbox: ...

With the new version of its database due out by mid-2010, Microsoft is increasing its retail prices. It also is adding two new high-end editions of SQL Server 2008 R2 to its line-up. Other news ...

Microsoft is moving SQL Server 2025 into public preview, adding new features to help enterprises develop AI-driven applications. One of the key new capabilities is vector search, which will enable ...

SQL Server Agent is a popular tool from Microsoft for scheduling programs to run on Microsoft's SQL Server database platform. A task is known as a "job," and it can be put on what is called a ...

Another effective automation method is using T-SQL Scripts with SQL Server Agent. This method is more popular with DBAs who operate within a database instance. In addition to the standard commands ...