Many considerations go into evaluating whether it is time to implement an upgrade to a new version of SQL Server. You need to think about socket vs. core licensing ...

When working with my customers on SQL Server security, I constantly get the same question, “What are some best practices for hardening my SQL Server implementation?” Over the years, I have come up ...

Microsoft announced the general availability of SQL Server 2019 and SQL Server Big Data Clusters at its Ignite conference on Monday. SQL Server 2019 builds on intelligent query processing features ...

Russell Smith is a technology consultant and trainer specializing in management and security of Microsoft server and client technologies. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with more than 15 ...

Relational SQL databases, which have been around since the 1980s, historically ran on mainframes or single servers—that’s all we had. If you wanted the database to handle more data and run faster, you ...