Microsoft has made managing encryption keys more secure for users running SQL Server 2022 CU18 and later on Azure Linux ...

Whether Microsoft decides to reveal the source code to SQL Server or not, it's clear that open-source alternatives are affecting the decisions of established database providers, Forrester's ...

This list, issued by Microsoft, has two categories: 1) “Features Not Supported in the Next Version of SQL Server”; and 2) “Features Not Supported in a Future Version of SQL Server”.

John Carroll thinks that anyone with a valid license should have access to Microsoft's SQL Server source code. Rather than a polemic against proprietary software, John makes a practical argument ...

Microsoft says the new SQL Server zero-day may not be as easy to exploit as the IE7 glitch. "This vulnerability is not exposed anonymously," the advisory states.

Microsoft has announced AI features in SQL Server 2025 and SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) (more on that later). Microsoft has added support for both cloud-based and locally hosted AI models.

The mssql extension for Visual Studio Code, used to support SQL Server connections and T-SQL editing, has been updated with IntelliCode functionality and a new Object Explorer, among other new ...

"Not a lot of people touch the code. They just want the good warm feeling that there are no back doors, no security violations," Rizzo said. He added that with SQL Server 2005, Microsoft has ...