The “Hide SQL Server” option in SQL Server is a security feature that allows administrators to hide the SQL Server instance from being discovered by unauthorized users. This can help reduce the attack ...

Installing SQL Server is a crucial step in setting up a robust and reliable database environment. Whether you’re setting it up for a small application or a large enterprise, getting the installation ...

Learn how to prepare your environment with WSFC for using a Managed Instance link to replicate and fail over your database to SQL Managed Instance. This article teaches you how to enable Always On ...

description: This article describes how to uninstall a stand-alone instance of SQL Server, which also prepares the system so that you can reinstall SQL Server.

Microsoft security researchers recently identified a campaign where attackers attempted to move laterally to a cloud environment through a SQL Server instance. This attack technique demonstrates an ...

Managing SQL Server across hybrid and multi-cloud environments has long posed a challenge for database administrators. With data sprawled across on-premises infrastructure, cloud platforms, and edge ...

Microsoft's relational database engine has had the same licensing model since 2012. The new version released this week brings significant changes that brings SQL Server closer to Azure SQL's licensing ...

Part of the SQL Server 2022 blog series. In SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition, backup compression was introduced adding WITH COMPRESSION as an option in the T-SQL backup command. SQL Server backup ...

One of the most useful features in Microsoft's System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) product is its reporting engine. Even though there is nothing overly difficult about its installation process, ...

PolyBase, a data virtualization feature for SQL Server, allows users to seamlessly query data from various external sources directly using T-SQL (Transact-SQL) without the need for separate client ...