Index as access path SQL Server attempts to use indexes of the provider to fetch data. By default, indexes are used only for metadata and are never opened. Disallow ad hoc access SQL Server does not ...

Microsoft SQL server doesn't allow us to have a reference to a linked server or to have dynamic aliases. This is the infamous feature and view of Microsoft, for decades. There are no aliases for ...

Is it possible to use linked services in MSSQL Server and execute queries if the Distributed Transaction Coordinator is not enabled?Maybe this should be in the NT forum, but I thought writing ...

You can also use distributed transactions whenever there's SQL Server to SQL Server communication and changes will be made to data during the course of the transaction, often done via a linked server.