Today’s README file explains how to create connection strings to SQL Server databases using Visual Studio’s built-in tools. To provide an example using real source, I created a simple Winforms ...

For this example, I’m choosing the AdventureWorksLT sample database as the source (Figure B). The next step is to create a server to host your SQL database.

In the new job, go to the Schedules page and press the New button to create a new schedule. You can schedule the job to run daily, hourly, etc. How to Create Differential Backups Using SSMS First, ...

Beginning with SQL Server 2016, all algorithms other than AES_128, AES_192, and AES_256 are deprecated. To use older algorithms (not recommended) you must set the database to database compatibility ...

There’s a very handy new tool from Microsoft called the Database Experimentation Assistant (DEA). The DEA makes it very easy to conduct A/B testing for SQL Server upgrades, providing quantitative ...

SQL Server 2016 and Azure SQL Database both give you tables that automatically keep track of changes to your data. Here's how to both create those tables and alter existing tables so they track the ...

Identify Blocked SQL Processes Quickly: Listing 1: SQL SERVER: Create the Database Block-Tracing Utility The database utility dba_BlockTracer extracts data about the running processes by inspecting ...