A private preview of SQL Server 2025 began in November 2024, followed by a public preview in May 2025. Now, it is time for the natural next step, as the tool has received its first release candidate, ...

A step-by-step guide to deploying, configuring, and testing a multi-AZ, multi-region SQL Server FCI in the Azure cloud, complete with a PowerShell script that handles the networking configuration.

When trying to install SolidWorks on a Windows computer, you may encounter an issue when the installation is trying to install Microsoft SQL Server. So, the installation works fine until it reaches ...

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07:45, Sat, Oct 12, 2024 Updated: 07:45, Sat, Oct 12, 2024 UPDATE 2: Fortnite downtime has finally started, as Epic takes the game offline for the launch of the Fortnitemares update. The game is ...

With multiplayer pirate adventure game Sea of Thieves about to launch on PlayStation 5, Microsoft has announced plans to take the game offline for server maintenance. Sea of Thieves will go offline ...

UPDATE NOV. 11, 2023: A couple of months ago, Microsoft announced that it would cut support for Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 on October 10, 2023. However, the company recently ...

Windows Server 2012 and multiple editions of Windows 11, version 21H2, have reached the end of support with this month's Patch Tuesday. Starting this week, Microsoft will no longer provide technical ...

I’m running database integration tests in Azure DevOps Pipelines with the Microsoft-hosted Windows agent. The tests use MS SQL Server Express LocalDB. The time it takes to start the LocalDB instance ...

The new ledger feature in SQL Server 2022 provides blockchain-based security to ensure data isn't tampered with. The ability to cryptographically guarantee the integrity of data is especially useful ...

Microsoft today released SQL Server 2022, the latest version of its database software, which originally launched more than 33 years ago. Microsoft describes this release as the “most Azure-enabled ...