SQL Server 2022 (and Azure SQL Database) quietly added an extended event to detect anti-patterns that the AI tool here is building upon.

In the first of this two-part series, Microsoft's lead SQL architect explains how the company collects -- and secures -- telemetry data from Azure SQL Database customers to improve its engineering ...

Microsoft today released the 2022 version of its SQL Server database, which features a number of built-in connections to its Azure cloud.

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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 ...

The primary conceptual difference from a regular SQL Server is that Compute-dependent components of the DBMS are abstracted apart from the Storage-dependent components. Here’s a very simplified ...

A relational database server offering tools for data storage, management, analysis, and reporting, SQL Server Enterprise Edition provides all of these. Business Intelligence Edition and the Enterprise ...

Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server offers granular database control and flexibility. Explore its features, pricing and more.

For years now there's been a constant war between Microsoft supporters and Oracle supporters. Oracle has these features, SQL Server has these features, etc. But that's not really where the real ...

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 opinionated, ...