Ever wonder why setting up an auth server feels like building a plane while flying it? It's basically the brain of your identity architecture. At its core, the oauth authorization server is the ...

As a follow-up to Microsoft Build at the end of May, we thought it was a good time to highlight recent updates for client tools. In this post, we’ll recap the updates to SQL tools over the past few ...

A simple database permission change triggered a global failure, highlighting how self-inflicted software errors now cause more disruptions than cyberattacks. A massive outage at content delivery ...

Last month, Microsoft released a few updates for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 21, while also revealing its plans for the next major release, SSMS 22. This follows the release of a SQL Server ...

Microsoft is investigating and deploying a fix for a Defender for Endpoint issue that mistakenly identifies SQL Server 2017 and 2019 as end-of-life software. The false alerts appeared across ...

Each of the listed files serves a specific purpose, from storing data sources and tasks to overall application settings. License Management Configure Enterprise Edition with a specific license. Driver ...

Microsoft has revealed some details about what's next for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). Customers should expect multiple SSMS releases soon. SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is the tool of ...

A step-by-step guide to deploying, configuring, and testing a multi-AZ, multi-region SQL Server FCI in the Azure cloud, complete with a PowerShell script that handles the networking configuration.

A trio of cloud industry leaders have launched a new company with the mission of modernizing software configuration data management. That event demonstrated that software is now critical ...

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 ...

Microsoft has released its final cumulative update (CU) for Exchange Server 2019, which means customers need to get ready to upgrade or move to hosted Exchange. Enterprises still hosting on-premises ...

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 ...