This example uses an 8-core server running SQL Server Enterprise Edition. PAYG billing has lower upfront cost. The point where core-based licensing provides a cost advantage over PAYG is after ...

From Python to adaptive query optimization to the many cloud-focused changes (not to mention Linux!), Joey D'Antoni takes you through the major changes coming to SQL Server 2017.

A step-by-step guide to deploying, configuring, and testing a multi-AZ, multi-region SQL Server FCI in the Azure cloud, complete with a PowerShell script that handles the networking configuration.

News Host Integration Server 2000: New Name, New Functions By Scott Bekker 09/25/2000 Host Integration Server 2000 is Microsoft Corp.’s new SNA gateway for the end-user to Internet, intranet or client ...

How to Create Full Database Backup Using T-SQL If you want to automate the backup, you can use the T-SQL code. T-SQL is the SQL Server language used to automate SQL Server tasks. The following example ...

Cascading referential integrity constraints are foreign key constraints that tell SQL Server to perform certain actions when a primary key field in a primary key-foreign key relationship is ...