Microsoft offers two paths for running enterprise databases: SQL Server, which you install and manage yourself, and Azure SQL, which Microsoft runs for you as a managed service. Both use the same ...

Yadullah Abidi is a Computer Science graduate from the University of Delhi and holds a postgraduate degree in Journalism from the Asian College of Journalism, Chennai. With over a decade of experience ...

A comprehensive Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for SQL Server database operations. This server provides 10 powerful tools for database analysis, object discovery, and data manipulation through ...

The TinyTDS gem is meant to serve the extremely common use-case of connecting, querying and iterating over results to Microsoft SQL Server from Ruby using the FreeTDS's DB-Library API. TinyTDS offers ...

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) has been a go-to patch management tool for over two decades, providing IT administrators with a way to distribute Microsoft updates across their environments.

A step-by-step guide to deploying, configuring, and testing a multi-AZ, multi-region SQL Server FCI in the Azure cloud, complete with a PowerShell script that handles the networking configuration.

SQL Server patching refers to running an installation program from Microsoft to install and update specific build of SQL Server on an existing instance of SQL Server. This installation program can be ...

What is SQL Server clustering, and why is it used? Answer: SQL Server clustering is a high-availability solution that involves multiple SQL Server instances running on separate servers but sharing a ...

Not so long ago, IT admins would scorn the use of an in-place upgrade for Windows hardware. But you don't have to do everything from scratch now. For many years, performing an in-place upgrade was ...

Make sure you've made all the proper settings to secure RDP to best protect your Windows network when supporting remote workers. All employees are logging in from home. Your connections are holding up ...