One of the most common problems when running SQL Servers is slow queries. The help desk or database team usually hears that described as the application is slow or the database is slow. In the ...

SQL Server is one of Microsoft's major Windows applications, helping to drive Windows sales and keep people on the Windows platform. If you can run SQL ... of the database engine really are ...

To check the version number for a running SQL Server database, including the sequence number for service ... It’s important to keep in mind that I’m only talking about the SQL Server relational engine ...

While some database workloads have migrated to the cloud—and the next version of SQL ... running on an organization’s own hardware, they’ll show up in the next release of the server software ...

It's important to choose the right VM size and configure your storage properly to keep SQL Server workloads running ... database servers, you can focus on three VM series: D, E and M. Specifically ...

SQL Server Drill Down explores all aspects of Microsoft SQL Server and related applications, with a particular emphasis on issues of interest to SQL Server data professionals. Key areas of focus ...