Connect to a SQL Server instance on an Azure VM using SSMS. Create and query SQL Server on an Azure VM by running basic T-SQL queries in SSMS. The following steps show how to create an optional DNS ...

Joey on SQL Server A Deep Dive into SQL Server 2022's Query Performance Features, Part 1 An update to the cardinality estimator feature in SQL Server 2022 will be one of the biggest changes to the ...

This section lists the plans that have been selected as Forced plans for different queries. A Forced plan is a query plan that is forced to be used by the database engine, even if it is not the most ...

SQL Server 2016 provides new support for working with JSON objects. In a previous column, I discussed how to generate JSON from SQL queries. This column looks at the reverse process: accepting JSON ...

SQL Server 2016 adds new support for the JSON format when retrieving rows from a database table. Because most Web Services now return data in the JSON format, this support can simplify those Action ...

Figure 1. Get started by running SQL's version of PowerShell. Let's start off with looking at the SQL Server services running on a given machine. Use the Get-Service cmdlet to find out about services ...

Denny's SQL Secrets Troubleshoot Slow-Running Queries In SQL Server Denny breaks down how to identify and fix speed issues in multiple versions of SQL Server. By Denny Cherry 12/11/2013 ...