Let's follow up the last column with a step-by-step breakdown shows how the PowerShell script automates SQL Server backups, manages retention, logs activity and verifies data integrity. In my first ...

A couple of months ago, I wrote an article on how to use PowerShell to back up a database within SQL Server Express Edition. Even though the technique that I described in that post works, the script ...

Managing SQL Server across hybrid and multi-cloud environments has long posed a challenge for database administrators. To ...

SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) is now officially supported in the latest SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 22 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The best backup software, unsurprisingly, is one that helps you store your data and files, ...

We list the best database software, to make it simple and easy to better create, test, and manage databases. There are many different options, all of which allow for the retrieval of datasets in ...

It should be possible to downgrade v6 databases with gbak/restore into older versions (mainly v5). That should be possible if there is no new feature usage. That normally happens, but due to schemas ...

Partitioning is a database design technique when data is split across multiple tables or databases but is logically still one table. This technique is proper when dealing with large tables, as it can ...

Today’s cyber threats are quite varied. They include nasty software called malware, tricky emails and messages designed to ...

Microsoft is working to resolve a known issue that causes its Defender for Endpoint enterprise endpoint security platform to ...

Microsoft has announced the release of SQL Server Management Studio Preview 3, which brings many features, including "initial ...

Microsoft Defender bug mislabels SQL Server versions as unsupported softwareFix rolling out to reverse code change behind ...