Microsoft has launched a database management tool it promises will help users manage multiple databases sharing a single SQL engine. With the vendor's Fabric data platform, Database Hub promises a ...

The most important performance-tuning technique available is having the needed indexes created on the tables to ensure that the SQL Server database engine is able to get the data that it needs to as ...

A fundamental skill for DBAs is to have a firm understanding of the SQL Server database engine's system databases. Tim Chapman discusses these system databases. A fundamental skill for DBAs is to have ...

The four pillars of SQL Server 2008's enhancements are mission-critical platform, dynamic development, beyond relational data and pervasive business insight. The second and third of these pillars are ...

New AI capabilities help DBAs move from performance visibility to performance resolution--turning slow queries into actionable index recommendations in minutes HOUSTON, March 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- ...

If you use SQL in your be nimble, you have several options easy to complete to, ranging from enterprise options to the manageable SQL Server Express. Monitoring SQL queries are just one of the many ...

As you will see in this chapter, companies use SQL Server for many types of applications and on most tiers now. Gone are the days when you would second guess yourself choosing to use SQL Server over a ...