In the cloud era, you may wonder why Microsoft is investing big into an "on-premises" product like SQL Server. It is a complex question I wanted to answer through the lens of some of the new ...

This problem (and Microsoft's lack of investment in high availability in Linux) also really limited the growth of SQL Server on Linux. Some good third-party packages make this far less of a problem.

MS SQL Server is by far the most common DBMS that attackers target, ... CISOs should re-consider using Microsoft RDP due to password flaw, says expert. By Howard Solomon. May 1, 2025 4 mins.

The tool's Always Encrypted functionality was also improved, as described in another post published by Microsoft yesterday titled "Always Encrypted Assessment in SQL Server Management Studio 21." ...