Today is Microsoft' 2025 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 81 flaws, including two publicly disclosed ...

With WSUS deprecated, it's time to move from an outdated legacy patching system to a modern one. Learn from Action1 how its ...

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 ...

Abstract: Exponentially growing number of workloads has been transferred from on-premises to the cloud environment during last decade. It incurs a constantly increasing load on the monitoring and ...

Bharat Kumar Dokka is a distinguished Associate Technical Architect with over 15 years of experience in database product ...

Microsoft has built a prototype computer that uses light and analog signals instead of traditional binary computing.

Born out of Microsoft’s SQL Server Big Data Clusters investments, the Apache Spark Connector for SQL Server and Azure SQL is a high-performance connector that enables you to use transactional data in ...

However, for many beginners, the differences in the implementation of VARCHAR across different databases can be confusing. This article will use SQL Server and PostgreSQL as examples to delve into the ...

There are significant differences in the implementation logic, character set support, and usage details of VARCHAR among various databases, with SQL Server and PostgreSQL being particularly ...

Welcome to the SQL Server Language Extensions project! Starting in SQL Server 2019, we have added support for language extensibility, which means that you can now execute code in various languages ...

The session will take place on Wednesday, 10 September 2025, from 10-11am SAST. You will hear from experts. You will see demonstrations. Most importantly, you will walk away with insights you can use ...

Microsoft complements its relational database engine, SQL Server, with several add-on services that manage different aspects of enterprise business intelligence and information processing such as data ...