At Microsoft Build, SQL Server 2025 enters public preview with major enhancements in AI integration, performance, reliability and developer tools -- reaffirming Microsoft’s continued investment ...

For example, DMVTOOL lets you see SQL Server dynamic management views from the command line, so you can get performance information about the database. There’s also PowerShell scripting support.

Have you noticed that dynamic SQL is more popular today than ever before? There are a number of factors contributing to the success of dynamic SQL. Commercial off-the-shelf applications, such as SAP, ...

Joey on SQL Server. Why SQL Server Is Still Worth It. Despite its steep licensing costs, SQL Server continues to prove its worth over open-source alternatives in some key areas.

Developers often dismiss dynamic SQL used in PL/SQL programs for two reasons. One reason is that it's riskier because the SQL statements aren't parsed until runtime, so it's more difficult to ...

Dynamic Data Masking in SQL Server 2016. Dynamic data masking ensures that non-privileged users see only the data they are permitted to see while other data is masked. The big benefit is that, once ...

SQL Server 2025 also comes with improved AI model management through model definitions built into T-SQL to AI services, including Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, OpenAI, Ollama, and more.

Open Run by Win + R, type “Services.msc”, and click Ok. Now, look for SQL Server, right-click on it, and select Properties.; Go to the Log on tab, and set Log on as Local System Account. Click ...

In a previous TechRepublic column about SQL Server 2005, I showed how you can convert some of your iterative queries (cursors) to set-based operations in order to enhance performance. You should ...