Despite its steep licensing costs, SQL Server continues to prove its worth over open-source alternatives in some key areas. SQL Server is an expensive part of your IT stack -- SQL Server Enterprise ...

Microsoft unveiled .NET Aspire at the Build 2024 developer conference, describing it as an opinionated, cloud-ready stack for building observable, production ready, distributed, cloud-native ...

The increasing adoption of AI technologies is presenting new challenges for our customers’ data estate and applications. Most organizations expect to deploy AI workloads across a hybrid mix of cloud, ...

MySQL and PostgreSQL are two of the most used open source SQL databases, and both fulfill the role of a general-purpose database well. How do you choose which one to use for a project? Let's look at ...

Numero Uno, we are required to add the DFS Role from Server Manager and add subsequent features to get it going. Follow the steps mentioned below to do the same. Before we configure DFS Namespace, we ...

What is a Database Administrator and What Do They Do All Day? Your email has been sent A DBA is a technician skilled in SQL and very large databases who is responsible for managing database software, ...

In SQL Server, the database can be stored in different files and filegroups. If your database is small (100 MB or less), you do not need to worry too much about files and filegroups. But if you have a ...

Simple solution for regular checking of replication subscriptions based on querying system tables on distribution server. Require Database Mail to notify you everytime some subscription is not running ...

CPU issues have long been the bane of database and system administrators. I have worked on enterprise databases since the mid-1980s and seen three significant eras for CPU architecture and ...

When it comes to improving the performance of database systems, there are nearly as many approaches as there are DBA (database administrator) teams. That might sound acceptable at first glance. But, ...