As of today, July 14, 2026, SQL Server 2016 has reached end of support. For the past decade, SQL Server 2016 has helped organizations run mission-critical applications and support the data needs of ...

This is a working SQL Server database called CredentialingDB, plus everything around it that a DBA actually owns: the data model, the deployment and rollback scripts, the index strategy, the ...

Microsoft releases cumulative updates for SQL Server 2025 and SQL Server 2022 environments. Updates improve database reliability, query processing, performance and operational stability for ...

SQL Server DBA specializing in performance tuning and disaster recovery. Bad code rarely begins the cascade of most SQL Server performance problems. Typically, it begins with something that is much ...

Microsoft released security updates on January 13, 2026, addressing a critical elevation of privilege vulnerability in SQL Server that enables authorized attackers to bypass authentication controls ...

With the official release of Microsoft's latest database offering, let's see what was improved and what still needs some work. Today, at Ignite, Microsoft announced the general availability of SQL ...

Microsoft has announced that SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) is now officially supported in the latest SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 22 Preview 3. This release is quite important for ...

This repository contains all codes for my workshop "Improve your Skills as a SQL Server DBA" All scripts are created for the use of Microsoft SQL Server (Version 2016 or higher) To work with the ...

A critical Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability was recently discovered in Microsoft 365’s Export to PDF functionality, potentially allowing attackers to access sensitive server-side data, ...

At Build 2025, SQL Server 2025 officially entered public preview. As one of the world’s most popular databases, this release continues a decades-long history of innovation with features made for ...