Microsoft has just added support for query hints to Azure SQL Database, giving database administrators a powerful tool to manage the performance of ISV application code. Here's how it works.

How to Create a Table From Query Results in Microsoft SQL. If your business uses relational databases to store data, you may have used a SQL SELECT clause to create new tables from query results.

Click and enable the "Use the Query Wizard to create/edit queries" option, and then click "OK." The Connecting to Database window will appear first, and then a few seconds later the Select ...

By using a single tool like PowerShell, you can access your data wherever it is stored. It does not matter if it is in the cloud in an Azure SQL database or in an on-premises MS-SQL server, MySQL or ...

A new SQL Server 2025 feature lets organizations run vector-based semantic searches on their own data, connecting to local or ...

Inside the Session What: Get Started Using .NET Aspire with SQL Server & Azure SQL Database When: March 12, 2025, 4 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Who: Jerry Nixon, Developer Evangelist, Microsoft, and Davide Mauri ...

Using Azure SQL Database Edge, organizations can stream data while implementing time-windowing, aggregation and filter capabilities to gain deeper insights into their data.

The open source project lets developers and data pros to use its Semantic Kernel SDK to experiment and test the abilities of LLMs to generate SQL queries based on natural language expressions.

What are the advantages of using Access as the front end to a SQL Server database? For starters, it's likely that your client's users will be more familiar with it, and it's relatively easy to put ...