For those of you still using SQL Server 2005, Microsoft will completely end support on April 12th 2016. You can head over here to check out upgrade guidelines, download migration tools, and read more ...

As I described here, Power BI can send SQL queries in parallel in DirectQuery mode and you can see from the Timeline column there is some parallelism happening here – the last two SQL queries ...

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 ...

Azure DevOps Server is now generally available, marking its transition to a production-ready on-premises offering for teams that need to self-host their DevOps platform. The GA release packages ...

I am a Backend Developer and Software Engineer with a solid background in Artificial Intelligence in academic and professional fields, looking forwa ...

Abstract: Generating accurate SQL from users’ natural language questions (text-to-SQL) remains a long-standing challenge due to the complexities involved in user question understanding, database ...

A massive 4TB SQL Server backup file belonging to global accounting giant Ernst & Young (EY) was discovered publicly accessible on Microsoft Azure. The exposure, uncovered by cybersecurity firm Neo ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. In helping students prepare for this exam, I have identified a number of commonly misunderstood ...

Microsoft is making it easier to migrate to Azure SQL by taking the grunt work out of schema setup. A new update to Azure Database Migration Service (DMS) introduces a built-in schema migration tool ...

Oracle Corp. today unveiled MCP Server for Oracle Database, a new Model Context Protocol offering that brings artificial intelligence-powered interaction directly into its core database platform to ...