When it comes to improving the performance of database systems, there are nearly as many approaches as there are DBA (database administrator) teams. Mature disciplines-from medicine to aviation to ...

One of the most common problems when running SQL Servers is slow queries. The help desk or database team usually hears that described as the application is slow or the database is slow. In the ...

A Microsoft data platform MVP on the state of SQL Server today -- how it's evolved in Microsoft's Azure-first word, the best features to emerge in recent years and troubleshooting gotchas.

I had an interesting talk with a dev today about how to troubleshoot SQL issues. The issue was this: we had a case where all of a sudden the DB just slowed down to a crawl. Everything typically ...

We will discuss how to troubleshoot different assembly errors that we get while troubleshooting install for SQL Server and Windows OS.

With the latest public preview available, it's time to see if you want to upgrade to the most cloud-connected version of SQL Server so far.