On April 15, NSFOCUS CERT detected that Microsoft released the April Security Update patch, fixing 165 security issues involving Windows, Microsoft Office, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Visual ...

You're a DBA, sysadmin, or developer who manages Microsoft SQL Servers. It's your fault if they're down or slow. These tools help you understand what's going on in ...

Start off by creating an Azure Policy enforcing SQL Database or SQL Managed Instance provisioning with Microsoft Entra-only authentication enabled. Go to the Azure portal. Search for the service ...

October 14th brought the biggest Microsoft end-of-support wave in years. Windows 10, Office 2016/2019, and Exchange Server 2016/2019 all stopped receiving security updates. If you're still running ...

This month’s collection of fixes from Microsoft includes 86 patches — but at least there were no zero-day bugs. Microsoft released 86 patches this week with updates for Office, Windows, and SQL Server ...

IT admins will be busy this month: the latest patch update from Microsoft includes 126 fixes, including one for an exploited Windows flaw and five critical patches for Office. This month’s Patch ...

Traditionally, the connection string to the Azure SQL database contains both username and password. Even if you store these credentials in KeyVault, a password needs maintenance/rotation and it might ...

Here's a look at how the cloud leaders stack up, the hybrid market, and the SaaS players that run your company as well as their latest strategic moves. Microsoft Azure is Microsoft's comprehensive ...

When I joined the SQL Tools team as a PM back in October 2018, my top priority was to release SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 18. I expected a fair amount of work but didn’t realize how ...

After a brief gap since releasing SQL Server Public Preview 6, and having survived through the February 2019 Snowcalypse in Seattle, I’m happy to share that everyone in the SQL Tools team has made it ...