Each version of Microsoft’s SQL Server comes with five years of full support, followed by five years of security-only updates. Here are five questions to ask before your next upgrade. 1. Should My ...

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 ...

SQL Server Management Studio or SSMS allows you to connect to the SQL server and execute queries. In this tutorial, we will see how you can install and configure SQL Server Management Studio in ...

In this guide, you learn how to upgrade your user databases from previous versions of [!INCLUDE [ssnoversion-md](../../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] to [!INCLUDE ...

SQL Server 2012 is reaching end of life, posing a threat to organizations; a guide on what to do next is essential. SQL Server is a relational database management software developed by Microsoft, ...

General Microsoft users are probably aware that January marks the end of Windows 7. Any user that still uses this OS is now left unprotected. Once official support runs out, users will have to do one ...

Follow this quick procedure in order to upgrade from SQL Server 2008. Note that the same process applies when upgrading to later versions of the product, such as 2014, 2016, etc. Microsoft’s SQL ...

Joel Snyder, Ph.D., is a senior IT consultant with 30 years of practice. An internationally recognized expert in the areas of security, messaging and networks, Dr. Snyder is a popular speaker and ...

SQL Server 2022: Here’s what you need to know Your email has been sent Three decades on, SQL Server is still a database workhorse that powers both an internal line ...

SQL Server 2016 lost mainstream support this month, on July 13. While you can still run SQL Server 2016 and open support tickets, there will be very few performance updates. In an unusual step, ...

This seems unrelated to the underlying database upgrade from SQL Server 2008 to SQL Server 2016. When I run the same query in the Rails 4 app (using the 4.1.8 version of the ...