Joey on SQL Server. Hands-On with Copilot for Azure SQL Database. I've been playing around with the new Microsoft service, currently in preview and it's time to show off what it can do.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

You can see database usage patterns over time on SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and Azure Synapse Analytics, within or outside of elastic pools. If you’re using one of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

In Azure SQL Database you can also set a HISTORY_RETENTION_PERIOD (and should be able to do it in SQL Server 2017) to control how far back in time your history will extend. Converting Existing Table ...