Microsoft shipped SQL Server Management Studio 22.7.0 on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, in what the team called one of the bigger point releases in the 22.x cycle. Database developers who have spent years ...

This week, we are excited to kick off SQLCon 2026 alongside FabCon in Atlanta. Bringing these SQL and Fabric communities together creates a unique opportunity to learn, connect, and share what’s next ...

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Slow-running queries can significantly impact the performance of SQL Server and the applications it supports. Identifying and optimizing these queries is a key aspect of database performance tuning.

In the world of databases, joins are the backbone of SQL queries. Joins allow us to retrieve data from two or more tables based on a related column between them, essentially knitting together ...

Earlier this year, I had the privilege of serving on the organizing committee for the DataTune conference in my hometown of Nashville, Tenn. Unlike many database-specific or platform-specific ...

SQL Agent Fixed an issue where trying to edit a SQL Agent job step could have resulted in the SSMS UI freezing. See more here. Note that SSMS is now allowing viewing (View button) an output_file whose ...