Data compression is a technique that reduces the amount of space required to store data in SQL Server. It can help you optimize the performance, scalability, and availability of your database, as ...

Trying to unlock the SQL database – If you forgot the SQL password and enter it wrong too many times, this can lead to SQL Server Corruption Failure on your storage drive – It goes without saying that ...

Leverage storage snapshots: When database files are stored in an Azure blob and you are using SQL Server 2016, you can use file-snapshot backup to perform nearly instantaneous backups and incredibly ...

Using T-SQL to rename the SQL Server Database You can use the T-SQL command below to change the name of the database if you are using SQL Server 2000. With SQL 2005, 2008, 2008R2, 2012, 2014, 2016 and ...

As we continue this journey, it remains imperative to keep evolving our approach on hybrid data storage, ensuring optimal empowerment for our SQL Server customers in leveraging the best from Azure.

Database consolidation onto fewer servers saves server cost because you need fewer servers, and also saves database instance licensing expense as you need fewer per-server instance licenses. There is ...

Database admins are able to find storage performance ... Denny currently holds several of the Microsoft Certifications related to SQL Server for versions 2000 through 2008 including the ...

Storage Spaces Direct, new in Windows Server 2016, enables customers to create highly scalable and flexible storage solutions, using local storage. ... Announcing Microsoft SQL Server 2025: Enterprise ...

Starting with SQL Server 2012 SP1 CU2, you can now write SQL Server backups directly to the Azure Blob storage service. You can use this functionality to back up to and restore from the Azure Blob ...