Testing and tuning SQL is an often-overlooked aspect of incorporating the database into your DevOps pipeline. It is important to be able to analyze and optimize SQL performance within your application ...

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Anyone have any ideas about how to simulate real-world scenarios in a dev environment? Specifically regarding SQL Server. To get a good picture of real-world performance behaviors (locking, blocking ...

Microsoft this month described a test service designed to help SQL Azure users monitor the security of their databases housed in Microsoft's cloud. Code-named "SQL Azure Security Services," it's ...

Microsoft’s announcement that it was bringing its flagship SQL Server database software to Linux came as a major surprise when the company first announced this in March. Until now, the preview was ...

Due to my background working with other major database platforms such as Oracle, MySQL, and PostgreSQL, I’ve long been an advocate for the SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA). This powerful and easy ...

Three cheers for the BabelFish translation system. The only words I recognized in this Austrian TechNet blog post were "Katmai" and "SQL Server." After doing a little on-the-fly Web translation, I ...