Open source initiative aims to offer enterprise security feature without vendor lock-in Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) is ...

To remove the Read Only attribute from a disk, open a Command Prompt window on the Hyper-V server that is experiencing the problem, then enter the DiskPart command.

SQL Server has a long list of roles for server, database, and applications that outline things like permissions, data selection and modification, and disk management.

Check this tip to read/write binary files from a disk or read a file from remote server (URL - using http/ftp). This tip contains sample code to create a table with a binary column, get a binary ...

The most frequently occurring buffer latching situation is when SQL Server is waiting to read a data file page or workload from storage. These pages and workloads were not cached in memory and need to ...

In addition to StretchDB and AlwaysEncrypted, there are two more exciting features in the works for SQL Server 2016: dynamic data masking and row-level security. In the case of these two features, ...

Microsoft warns that a newly acknowledged issue can lead to data loss when resetting virtual disks using the Server Manager management console.

"Since SQL servers often hold an organization's most important information, they are a favorite target for attacks," said Gilad Parann-Nissany, Porticor founder and CEO. "Microsoft's Transparent Data ...

Microsoft has acknowledged an issue with its Server Manager management console, causing IT admins to inadvertently wipe the wrong virtual disks, potentially erasing important data from company ...

Tim Chapman discusses your iteration choices in SQL Server 2008 and explains why determining which option performs better depends on the situation.