Ubuntu 21.04. Canonical has unveiled a new version of Ubuntu with support for features that should appeal to larger enterprises. In a blog post published Thursday, the company announced Ubuntu 21. ...

“Native Active Directory integration and certified Microsoft SQL Server on Ubuntu are top priorities for our enterprise customers.” said Canonical Chief Executive Mark Shuttleworth.

Still, a promising number of SQL Server users are running the more up-to-date 2019 version, with 23.5% collectively spread across the 2017 and 2016 versions.

Nevertheless, it does offer a Web-based report authoring and end-user query tool based on Microsoft’s .NET framework—and designed to exploit SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services.

Instead of using SQL Server Management Studio to bridge the gap, as used in Azure SQL Database, Microsoft's free SQL Server Data Tools (which can be downloaded here) will be used instead. The improved ...

(I've spewed a few choice words at the vCenter database running on SQL Server over the years.) One thing that is a must for most organizations is to join the vCenter Server to Active Directory. If you ...

GUI for Recycle Bin Microsoft introduced the Active Directory Recycle Bin in Windows Server 2008 R2, but it was limited by its Windows PowerShell-only exposure. This time it gets a GUI.