Microsoft SQL Server installation is simple when system requirements and edition choices are planned. Choosing the right authentication mode, such as Windows Authentication, improves security and ...

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Microsoft SQL Server is a database management system that is mainly used store and retrieve requested data across a network. It’s purpose more closely aligns with software developers and not so much ...

SQL Server Management Studio or SSMS allows you to connect to the SQL server and execute queries. In this tutorial, we will see how you can install and configure SQL Server Management Studio in ...

In my recent article I've reported about a nice free alternative to manage SQL databases, which, from the same UI can manage also MySQL databases. I thought that it might be a good idea to actually ...

Follow this quick procedure in order to upgrade from SQL Server 2008. Note that the same process applies when upgrading to later versions of the product, such as 2014, 2016, etc. Microsoft’s SQL ...

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[!INCLUDEsqlserver] This Release Notes document describes known issues that you should read about before you install or troubleshoot Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2. This Release Notes ...