To query any SQL database from PowerShell, you need to have the SQLPS module installed along with a few supporting packages. I am going to be focusing on the SQL Server 2012 packages in this article.

We could invoke a T-SQL query using the CREATE DATABASE term, we could write some code to use the [Create() method with SMO] or, if we're putting this SQL server in Azure, we could even use the ...

Azure SQL Database emulator Lite is based on Azure SQL Edge container ... Joseph D'Antoni is an Architect and SQL Server MVP with over two decades of experience working in both Fortune 500 and ...

About 5,500 of the SQL Server faithful came out for the PASS Summit 2018 in Seattle last November. As usual, the event had the feel of a great big family reunion. It's always a fun time, with lots of ...

The Azure SQL Database has always been similar to SQL Server, but, with Managed Instances (released in preview at Build), developers can now move applications to use Azure SQL Databases with no ...

Microsoft today released SQL Server 2022, the latest version of its database software, which originally launched more than 33 years ago.Microsoft describes this release as the “most Azure ...

Microsoft Defender for Cloud can protect on-premises SQL databases through SQL Server Extension for Azure, which can now be installed when setting up SQL Server, and users can use Azure AD ...

Q&A. Get Started Using .NET Aspire with SQL Server & Azure SQL Database. By David Ramel; 01/23/2025; Microsoft unveiled .NET Aspire at the Build 2024 developer conference, describing it as an ...

Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server offers granular database control and flexibility. Explore its features, pricing and more.

Like its larger brethren, Azure SQL Database Edge will also support graph data and comes with the same security and encryption features that can, for example, protect the data at rest and in ...