Two zero-day flaws in the form of a denial of service (DoS) issue in .NET and an elevation of privilege (EoP) issue in SQL Server top the agenda for security teams in Microsoft’s latest monthly Patch ...

Today is Microsoft's March 2026 Patch Tuesday with security updates for 79 flaws, including 2 publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerabilities. This Patch Tuesday also addresses three "Critical" ...

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The Microsoft SQL provider for the Durable Task Framework (DTFx) and Azure Durable Functions is a storage provider that persists all task hub state in a Microsoft SQL database, which can be hosted in ...

At Microsoft Build, SQL Server 2025 enters public preview with major enhancements in AI integration, performance, reliability and developer tools -- reaffirming Microsoft’s continued investment in its ...

MySQL and PostgreSQL are two of the most used open source SQL databases, and both fulfill the role of a general-purpose database well. How do you choose which one to use for a project? Let's look at ...

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Stored procedures are essential tools in the arsenal of a software developer dealing directly with relational databases, maximizing the performance of operations in these databases with an efficiency ...

Are you aware of the growing threat of SQL injection attacks and how they can jeopardize your website’s security? As technology continues to evolve, so do cyber threats that target vulnerabilities in ...

Part of the SQL Server 2022 blog series. The main difference between tempdb and other databases is the workload. With tempdb we are constantly creating and destroying objects such as temp tables. This ...