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There is an urgent update to Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 and three critical updates to the Windows platform that will ...

Microsoft has released fixes for 77 security vulnerabilities across its product portfolio in the March 2026 Patch Tuesday update, including a high-severity SQL Server flaw affecting multiple supported ...

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Azure SQL Managed Instance gains SQL Server 2025 update policy control. GA policy balances new engine features with operational stability governance. Enhanced update management supports enterprise ...

Microsoft has released an emergency out-of-band security update for Windows Server to address a probable remote code execution vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-59287. The issue affects the Windows ...

Managing SQL Server across hybrid and multi-cloud environments has long posed a challenge for database administrators. With data sprawled across on-premises infrastructure, cloud platforms, and edge ...

Since most of us, especially on Neowin, use all our operating systems including Windows, Android, and their associated applications in English, we tend to forget that there are many regions which are ...

Microsoft has made managing encryption keys more secure for users running SQL Server 2022 CU18 and later on Azure Linux Virtual Machines with Managed Identity. Microsoft has announced that SQL Server ...

This article describes how to remove a Cumulative Update (CU) from a stand-alone instance of [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)], on both ...