Change Event Streaming (CES) in SQL Server 2025 and Azure SQL enables event-driven architectures by streaming JSON records from table activity to Azure Event Hub, with Entra support now available in ...

In addition to rolling out patches to address two zero-days affecting SQL Server and .NET, Microsoft introduced Common Log File System hardening with signature verification. The team at Readiness each ...

Two zero-day flaws in the form of a denial of service (DoS) issue in .NET and an elevation of privilege (EoP) issue in SQL Server top the agenda for security teams in Microsoft’s latest monthly Patch ...

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This month’s collection of fixes from Microsoft includes 86 patches — but at least there were no zero-day bugs. Microsoft released 86 patches this week with updates for Office, Windows, and SQL Server ...

If you receive a memory usage alert and SQL Server is taking up high memory, you can take several steps to diagnose and resolve the issue. Here’s a step-by-step guide: Max Server Memory Setting: ...

A SQL Server Stored Procedure is a prepared SQL code that you can save and reuse over and over again. It is a subroutine or subprogram that contains a set of SQL statements and procedural logic, which ...