When you encounter the "Network-related or instance-specific error" in SQL Server, it usually happens when trying to connect to a database, and the ...

PolyBase, a data virtualization feature for SQL Server, allows users to seamlessly query data from various external sources directly using T-SQL (Transact-SQL) without the need for separate client ...

Microsoft has detailed a new campaign in which attackers unsuccessfully attempted to move laterally to a cloud environment through an SQL Server instance. "The attackers initially exploited a SQL ...

If not, just remove SQL Server 2008 R2 and select the instance you are trying to install (Don’t remove anything else). If it’s not there, then leave it and let’s go to the next step.

We are excited to announce general availability of the link feature for Managed Instance for SQL Server 2022–the most Azure-enabled release of SQL Server yet.

When designing objects in SQL Server, we must follow certain best practices. For example, a table should have primary keys, identity columns, clustered and unclustered indexes, data integrity and ...

How to Create a Microsoft SQL Instance. Microsoft SQL is a relational database you can configure to run as multiple copies, or instances, on a single computer.

The key to enabling Azure SQL Managed Instance within Azure Arc stems from Microsoft's Azure Arc-enabled data services, listed as being at the preview stage at press time.

Pairing your on-prem SQL Server with a cloud-based instance for high availability has its challenges, but they can be overcome. Here’s how.

If this option is blank, double-check to make sure you have installed the Reporting Service on your SCOM server, not on your SQL Server. Figure 8: Choose your Reporting Service instance.