5 SQL Server Components You Should Be Using Microsoft's rapid-fire release cycle for SQL Server means it's easy for database admins to miss useful new features. Here are some recent additions that ...

It can be used to access, configure, manage, administer and develop all components of SQL Server, Azure SQL Database and SQL Data Warehouse using a single comprehensive utility that combines a ...

But, it’s not really necessary if you are only using the standard relational database components of SQL Server. Another example of useful stuff in the Feature Pack is the Excel Add-in for Data Mining.

That meant if you wanted to install SSMS on a workstation without also installing SQL Server, you still had to download the ponderously large 4Gb file that also included all other components of SQL ...

This time the name refers only to the server-side tracing component. SQL Profiler remains as the client tool. Not only have its components’ names been fine-tuned, but the trace utility’s ...

Back in November 2024, Microsoft announced the private preview of SQL Server 2025, the successor to the popular SQL Server 2022. Targeting the current industry trend, SQL Server 2025 will allow ...

Starting on Monday, the company is rolling out a private beta test of the software with the core relational database components of SQL Server. It’s unclear when the public will be able to try ...

Amid this landscape, the strategic migration and consolidation of SQL server farms to the cloud emerge as a terrific opportunity to realize business benefits. Modernizing an existing legacy ...