To query any SQL database from PowerShell, you need to have the SQLPS module installed along with a few supporting packages. I am going to be focusing on the SQL Server 2012 packages in this article.

Microsoft today released SQL Server 2022, the latest version of its database software, which originally launched more than 33 years ago.Microsoft describes this release as the “most Azure ...

In Azure SQL Database you can also set a HISTORY_RETENTION_PERIOD (and should be able to do it in SQL Server 2017) to control how far back in time your history will extend. Converting Existing Table ...

Joey on SQL Server. Hands-On with Copilot for Azure SQL Database. I've been playing around with the new Microsoft service, currently in preview and it's time to show off what it can do.

When you run SQL Server on Azure, you have a couple of options. You can bring your own license or you can use a pay-as-you-go license, where you effectively rent your SQL Server license as part of ...

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 ...

Azure will default to the Standard pricing tier, but if you want to consider adding a higher-performance server for your SQL database, click the arrow to reveal Figure D. The basic pricing tier ...

Like its larger brethren, Azure SQL Database Edge will also support graph data and comes with the same security and encryption features that can, for example, protect the data at rest and in ...