It’s time to switch to a new development tool for SQL Server and Azure SQL. Here’s how to get started with the MSSQL extension for Visual Studio Code. Microsoft recently ended support for Azure Data ...

Functionalities of a database system are co-designed and jointly maintain the database performance. Each function-ality usually has its own metrics to evaluate its state. Previous knobs tuning methods ...

For developers working with SQL Server, few performance tuning techniques are as essential--or as frequently misunderstood--as indexing. Done right, indexing can drastically improve application ...

At today’s Ignite 2025 event, Microsoft announced one of the biggest Azure data updates in years. The company has announced the general availability of SQL Server 2025. That has come after a long ...

Now in its seventh year, CNBC's Financial Advisor 100 list recognizes the best financial advisors and top firms. For 2025, CNBC's top-ranked firm is Parsons Capital Management, based in Providence, ...

The role of the Database Administrator (DBA) has always been dynamic, evolving alongside shifts in technology, data strategies, and business needs. But in 2025, the DBA’s responsibilities are ...

Index tuning is critical for the performance of modern database systems. Industrial index tuners, such as the Database Tuning Advisor (DTA) developed for Microsoft SQL Server, rely on the “what-if” ...

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 ...

DBeaver is a free, open-source, cross-platform SQL client and database administration tool. It is designed to support a wide variety of SQL and NoSQL databases, including MySQL and PostgreSQL. Its key ...

Microsoft unveiled .NET Aspire at the Build 2024 developer conference, describing it as an opinionated, cloud-ready stack for building observable, production ready, distributed, cloud-native ...

It will be interesting to see how the rise of GenAI influences the somewhat crowded database market. From what it seems so far, factors that were important in the past are even more critical now, e.g.

The increasing adoption of AI technologies is presenting new challenges for our customers’ data estate and applications. Most organizations expect to deploy AI workloads across a hybrid mix of cloud, ...