Procedure to move Microsoft SQL Server database to a new location, painlessly, if you’re running low on disk space, added a new drive array, or just curious.

While Microsoft pursues newer platforms like its Azure Cosmos DB NoSQL platform and supports open-source databases like PostgreSQL, it never seems to lose faith, or abandon investment, in SQL Server.

By Joey D'Antoni 05/19/2025 Today, at Microsoft Build, Microsoft announced the public preview of SQL Server 2025 -- the latest release of their premier database product.

--Datadog, Inc., the monitoring and security platform for cloud applications, today announced expanded monitoring for Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Azure database platforms. The announcement ...

The Microsoft OLE DB Provider is an SQL tool that enables developers to write code that provides an application with ADO access to an SQL database.

In SQL Server, the database can be stored in different files and filegroups. If your database is small (100 MB or less), you do not need to worry too much about files and filegroups. But if you have a ...

Joey on SQL Server SQL Server 2025 Announced at Microsoft Ignite 2024 Expect the next generation of Microsoft's database platform to show up in preview sometime next year. By Joey D'Antoni 11/19 ...

By using a single tool like PowerShell, you can access your data wherever it is stored. It does not matter if it is in the cloud in an Azure SQL database or in an on-premises MS-SQL server, MySQL or ...

With the latest public preview available, it's time to see if you want to upgrade to the most cloud-connected version of SQL Server so far.

If when installing SolidWorks, Microsoft SQL Server fails to install, first change block sizes and the instance name and see. More solutions here.

SQL Server 2025 is shaping up to be a pivotal release offering robust tools for developers and improved core database capabilities.