SQL Server backups cannot be restored to older versions directly. Use Export and Import Data-Tier Application for cross-version database migration. Reconfigure permissions, logins, and connection ...

This section covers the more traditional aspects of database administration, monitoring, automation, recovery, High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR). The section opens with a look at the ...

Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database management system that can support a wide range of applications, but the data must be readily available to those applications whenever they need it. Any ...

Since the early days of IMS and Db2, third-party vendors have capitalized on the database administrator community's interest in aftermarket tool sets. Think of any DBA support activity, from ...

As today’s database administrators (DBAs) manage the complexity of modern database environments, particularly containerized systems, they must lean into smart automation to transform database ...

As SQL Server 2016 approaches end of support in July 2026, a look back at its groundbreaking innovations reveals how it reshaped Microsoft's data platform and why it's time to move forward. As I've ...

Microsoft unveiled .NET Aspire at the Build 2024 developer conference, describing it as an opinionated, cloud-ready stack for building observable, production ready, distributed, cloud-native ...

When it comes to the type of storage you might use for a cloud-based SQL Server deployment, all the major cloud providers provide a bewildering array of options. Azure offers Standard HDD as well as ...

This book aims to update your DBA skills to cover SQL Server 2022, how does it fare? Each version of SQL Server offers both new functionality and builds on existing features. This book aims to help ...