SQL Server comes with a feature called Query Store, which provides some performance details, including wait information. For more deeper diagnostic information there are a handful of third-party ...

Ahead of Microsoft Build (and a possible SQL Server announcement), let's break down what we know and speculate about what we don't.

SQL Server also has separate logs for the SQL Server Agent, as well as other components of the data platform, such as SQL Server Analysis Services. In each case, SQL Server keeps seven rolling log ...

Microsoft publishes SQL Server 2025 Release candidate with TLS 1.3, Ubuntu 24.04 support and many AI improvements. Reading processes are up to 50 times faster, but an important restriction remains ...

That’s a long time ago. Even in the Price/Performance category, SQL Server is only 4 th behind Oracle 11g. Sybase SQL Anywhere 11 is making a notable 5 th. Has Microsoft been sitting on its hands?

SSMS 22 Preview debuts soon with new features, while SSMS 21.5 update delivers key fixes and performance improvements.

Intel's Hyperthreading Technology (HT) is being blamed for server performance problems. With both SQL Server and Citrix Terminal Server installations, HT-enabled motherboards show markedly ...

For HA for SQL Server, the replication should be synchronous; that is, both the active and standby instances are being updated simultaneously, and this requires a high-performance, low-latency network ...

While the last two versions of SQL Server focused on improving performance by offering new features, SQL Server 2016 looks inwards towards improving existing functionality.