As SQL Server 2016 approaches end of support in July 2026, a look back at its groundbreaking innovations reveals how it reshaped Microsoft's data platform and why it's time to move forward.
For most teams migrating an existing SQL Server estate, Azure SQL Managed Instance is the easiest starting point. It keeps the SQL Server feel, including SQL Agent and linked servers, while removing ...
Microsoft broke new ground in scalability when it launched Azure SQL Database Hyperscale. Here's what it took to make Microsoft's hyperscale vision work with the existing Azure infrastructure. When ...
Managing SQL Server across hybrid and multi-cloud environments has long posed a challenge for database administrators. With data sprawled across on-premises infrastructure, cloud platforms, and edge ...
SQL Database Administration is thriving in 2026, with roles covering on-premise, hybrid, and cloud systems. Employers value DBAs who can handle mission-critical data with speed, security, and ...
Microsoft’s Azure-based AI development and deployment platform shines with a strong selection of models and agent types and ...
The structured query language is a powerful tool for connecting to many database systems that store data in tables organized into rows and columns. It's often used on the backend of business websites ...
Hina Gandhi, software engineering technical leader, Cisco, offered tips and techniques to pave the way for autonomous, efficient data pipelines that continuously adapt to changing workloads and ...
As more companies shift their operations to the cloud, choosing the right provider has become a major decision that affects everything from scalability to performance to long-term costs. Amazon Web ...
Enterprises are embedding AI into daily operations, but rising cloud and compute costs, vendor concentration, and unpredictable usage patterns are forcing strategy shifts. Many are adopting guided ...
Is it really possible to make current graphics cards from AMD’s Radeon RX and Nvidia’s GeForce RTX series with just one click? Yes, it’s possible, and quite simple, as I will demonstrate in this ...
A database is one or more sets of data, for example numbers, characters and images, bundled together with software that enables data to be added, removed or retrieved. Databases can be used to store ...