There’s a very handy new tool from Microsoft called the Database Experimentation Assistant (DEA). The DEA makes it very easy to conduct A/B testing for SQL Server upgrades, providing quantitative ...

At its Ignite conference in Orlando today, Microsoft released a new version of its core relational database, SQL Server. The new version, SQL Server 2019, takes important capabilities in its previous ...

SQL Server, Microsoft's flagship operational database, has been around for over a quarter century now. That has meant successive waves of innovation for the platform, but has also made for ...

It's not 2008 anymore. Joey details the ins and outs of upgrading these aging Microsoft servers, including licensing changes, support options and potential pitfalls. It was a simpler time. A decade ...

Microsoft's SQL Server Migration Assistant lets you move your data and schema to different SQL Servers. Here's what you need to know about the tool. Image: Dilok/Adobe Stock The Microsoft SQL Server ...

Microsoft only just officially released SQL Server 2019 at its Ignite conference in Orlando, Fla., but it announced some key changes to licensing a little bit earlier. Don't worry -- they're all ...

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Update: Microsoft released SQL Server 2019 CU8 with a fix for the reliability issue that impacted SQL Server 2019 CU7. Microsoft pulled the Cumulative Update package 7 (CU7) for SQL Server 2019 ...