Microsoft SQL Server installation is simple when system requirements and edition choices are planned.Choosing the right authentication mode, such as ...
Find out how to hide an instance of the SQL Server Database Engine. Client computers can't use the SQL Server Browser service to locate hidden instances. If you hide a named instance, you will need to ...
Microsoft has announced the general availability of the SQL Server 2025 update policy for Azure SQL Managed Instance, providing customers with expanded control over how and when n ...
Add Features to an Instance of SQL Server (Setup) [!INCLUDE SQL Server - Windows Only] This article provides a step-by-step procedure for adding features to an instance of [!INCLUDE ssCurrent]. Some ...
As SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 reach the end of support in 2019, you’ll have an opportunity to upgrade to a cloud database service. Follow this step-by-step guide to manage change effectively as you ...
Microsoft announced this week that it plans to release a "General Purpose" version of its Azure Arc-enabled SQL Managed Instance (MI) at the "general availability" (GA) commercial-release stage, ...
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 ...