Microsoft's partners are now selling Extended Security Updates (ESU) for SQL Server 2014 as of this month, per this announcement. These ESUs are for organizations having trouble upgrading their SQL ...

In the future, updates for Windows 11 (24H2/25H2) and Server 2025 will receive separate KB numbers. This could streamline updates. Starting with the upcoming patch day on January 13, 2026, Microsoft ...

Microsoft has released out-of-band (OOB) security updates to patch a critical-severity Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) vulnerability with publicly available proof-of-concept exploit code. WSUS is ...

Each version of Microsoft’s SQL Server comes with five years of full support, followed by five years of security-only updates. Here are five questions to ask before your next upgrade. 1. Should My ...

This isn’t a good month for IT admins to take time off if they want to get ahead of all the patches Microsoft pushed out this week. Microsoft’s August Patch Tuesday release offers a rather complex set ...

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 ...