Microsoft on Thursday announced new Extended Security Updates plans that add three years of patch support for organizations using SQL Server 2008/R2 and Windows Server 2008/R2 products.

A new feature in the general availability release of SQL Server 2022’s setup configuration adds an option to select PAYG hourly billing, if you connect to Azure via an Azure Arc agent.

Click "Add," then "OK." Restart SQL Server to run the instance in single-user mode. ... You should restart SQL Server Agent before launching the instance of SQL Server in single-user mode.

The software maker says the "Kilimanjaro" add-on, due in the first half of 2010, will add business intelligence features. Microsoft planning add-on to SQL Server - CNET X ...

With the new version of its database due out by mid-2010, Microsoft is increasing its retail prices. It also is adding two new high-end editions of SQL Server 2008 R2 to its line-up.

You can give your users rights to check if reports have run or jobs are complete without granting full admin rights. Here's how you can do so by using SQLAgentReaderRole in SQL Server.