Despite its steep licensing costs, SQL Server continues to prove its worth over open-source alternatives in some key areas. SQL Server is an expensive part of your IT stack -- SQL Server Enterprise ...

Forge 2025.3 adds AI Assistant to SQL Complete, supports SSMS 22, Visual Studio 2026, MySQL 9.5, MariaDB 12.2, and ...

Microsoft has released Cumulative Update 2 (CU2) for SQL Server 2025 RTM, providing a set of bug fixes and performance improvements for customers running the latest version of the ...

It was barely a month ago that Microsoft announced the general availability of SQL Server 2017 after having released the product in preview and release candidate forms earlier in the year. Today, at ...

You will fail to connect to your database if the SQL Server service is not running. If you try running the SQL Server service from the Services.msc app, you will ...

I know the title here is going to make some people think I've lost my mind before the thread even begins. Let me lay out the context.<BR><BR>I do some consulting work for my former employer because ...

Note – This book abbreviates SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services as SSRS and SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services as SSRS2K5. New features available in SSRS and not in SSRS2K5 are labeled with “New in ...

I have the option to set the SQL services to run with different user accounts, basically Domain User Account or a Local System account.<BR><BR>Now as I understand it a Domain User Account is often ...