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.

Microsoft has recently released a powerful new DMV specifically to help with memory issues, sys.dm_os_out_of_memory_events. It is currently available in Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Man­aged ...

Windows 2003 and SQL Server 2000. It worked great. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>This is for our Helpdesk database that bit the big one during a power failure. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

An announcement last week by Microsoft's Customer Service and Support team indicated that Windows patches from Microsoft's July 10 'update Tuesday' release may have caused SQL Server failures after ...

If you haven't installed SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 1, keep it that way. If you have installed the service pack, you may be regretting it. Microsoft pulled it last week after install errors surfaced ...

Redgate Software is launching a new version of its SQL Server monitoring tool to enable accelerated analysis of SQL Server problems. The platform, SQL Monitor, is a web based SQL Server alerting and ...

And with the instant alerts, monitoring, diagnostic details, and management features that SQL mobile manager provides, we can diagnose and correct SQL Server problems before users even notice ...