It’s time to switch to a new development tool for SQL Server and Azure SQL. Here’s how to get started with the MSSQL extension for Visual Studio Code. Microsoft recently ended support for Azure Data ...

In yet another instance of threat actors quickly jumping on the exploitation bandwagon, a newly disclosed critical security flaw in BerriAI's LiteLLM Python package has come under active exploitation ...

When patching isn’t fast enough, NDR helps contain the next era of threats. If you’ve been tracking advancements in AI, you know the exploit window, the short buffer that organizations relied on to ...

Microsoft Corp. today pushed security updates to fix at least 77 vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and other software. There are no pressing “zero-day” flaws this month (compared to ...

Software designer/developer, developer advocate, writer, and musician. Apache Arrow Flight SQL is a protocol layered on Arrow Flight RPC that enables clients to execute standard SQL queries against ...

Two sibling contractors convicted a decade ago for hacking into US State Department systems have once again been charged, this time for a comically hamfisted attempt to steal and destroy government ...

Why is the language developers and DBAs use to organize data such a mess? Here are 13 reasons we wish we could quit SQL, even though we probably won't. For all its popularity and success, SQL is a ...

Today is Microsoft's August 2025 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 107 flaws, including one publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerability in Windows Kerberos. This Patch Tuesday also ...

Today is Microsoft's February 2024 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 73 flaws and two actively exploited zero-days. This Patch Tuesday fixes five critical vulnerabilities, including ...

In part 1 of my SQL Server 2022 features series, you learned about the improvements to the cardinality estimator component of query optimization. In this installment, you will learn about another ...