SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Availability Groups only replicate user-defined databases, and not system databases (such as Master and MSDB). SQL Agent jobs and SQL Server logons are not automatically ...

SQL Server 2016 and Azure SQL Database both give you tables that automatically keep track of changes to your data. Here's how to both create those tables and alter existing tables so they track the ...

Now, go to the Database tab. Assuming that your SQL Server database is running on another server, this tab will be empty. Click the Change Database button.

This wait type may also indicate the SPID is waiting for remote procedure calls, linked server queries, BULK INSERT commands, or full-search queries. PAGEIOLATCH_* —Buffer latches, including the ...

Relational SQL databases, which have been around since the 1980s, historically ran on mainframes or single servers—that’s all we had. If you wanted the database to handle more data and run ...

In an earlier column, I showed how to create a temporal table in SQL Server 2016 or Azure SQL Database. Once you've defined a temporal table, SQL Server automatically keeps a history of all the ...

At Microsoft's Ignite digital event this week, the company is announcing the private preview of SQL Server 2022, the next version of its three-decades-old relational database management system ...