Distributed SQL is an evolution of the database for cloud native, distributed transactions. It can implement a standard SQL interface, ease operational complexity of scale, is geo-replicated, always ...

Sometimes you become the accidental DBA, or you are the DBA by choice. Either way, you can choose to spend time working in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to look at things such as backups or the ...

Note – This book abbreviates SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services as SSRS and SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services as SSRS2K5. New features available in SSRS and not in SSRS2K5 are labeled with “New in ...

More sectors of business utilize data for business intelligence than ever before, from report writing to application development. Microsoft SQL Server can handle big data needs for a wide set of ...

Let’s talk about database application benchmarking. This is a skill set which, in my opinion, is one of the major differentiators between a journeyman-level DBA and a true master of the trade. In this ...