We take pride in delivering innovation with each new version of Microsoft SQL Server. However, there comes a time when product lifecycles must conclude. On July 14, 2026, SQL Server 2016 will reach ...

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.

When trying to install SolidWorks on a Windows computer, you may encounter an issue when the installation is trying to install Microsoft SQL Server. So, the installation works fine until it reaches ...

Are you looking for a simple and effective way to analyze your data stored in CSV files? Good news! There’s a service called WhatTheDuck that allows you to execute SQL queries directly on your CSVs, ...

A group of financially motivated Turkish hackers targets Microsoft SQL (MSSQL) servers worldwide to encrypt the victims' files with Mimic (N3ww4v3) ransomware. These ongoing attacks are tracked as ...

The transaction log file contains the SQL Server transactions of the database. It basically records the database transactions and the changes made by the transactions to the database. The logs are ...

Microsoft security researchers recently identified a campaign where attackers attempted to move laterally to a cloud environment through a SQL Server instance. This attack technique demonstrates an ...

[!INCLUDE [SQL Server Azure SQL Database Managed Instance](../../includes/applies-to-version/sql-asdb-asdbmi.md)] This article provides an overview of how to use the ...

Abstract: Web server access log files are text files containing important data about server activities, client requests addressed to a server, server responses, etc. Large-scale analysis of these data ...

[!INCLUDE[sqlserver-ssis](../../includes/applies-to-version/sqlserver-ssis.md)] The Bulk Insert task provides an efficient way to copy large amounts of data into a ...