SQL Server 2025 preview debuts with Ubuntu 24.04 support and TLS 1.3 encryption for stronger security and Linux flexibility.

Microsoft has published the first Release Candidate of SQL Server 2025. RC0 introduces a number of notable new features, including official support for ...

SQL server will allow zero-length strings without issue, as long as your datatype supports it. Just assign the string value of ('') and you're done, no headaches.

Joey on SQL Server Backups and Consistency Checks: The DBA's Top Priorities Database protection goes far beyond backups; ensuring the quality and consistency of those backups is equally important ...

How to Reset an Identity Seed in Microsoft SQL. Sometimes, as when testing a table in a Microsoft SQL Server database, you need to reset an identity column to its initial seed value, typically one ...

The mssql extension for Visual Studio Code, used to support SQL Server connections and T-SQL editing, has been updated with IntelliCode functionality and a new Object Explorer, among other new ...

Microsoft Copilot can write basic SQL code for your employees. Read about our tests that prove this is true.