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As enterprises race to connect AI agents to their most sensitive data, Oracle database tools specialist Jeff Smith is making a contrarian case: ...

An on-demand, read-only assistant that helps DBAs diagnose SQL Server and application performance incidents. A DBA signs in, enters a SQL Server connection, reviews and approves the diagnostic query ...

When all queries against a SQL Server instance or a particular database application are slow, the cause is often outside any single query. This article helps database administrators and application ...

Microsoft this week announced the removal of several legacy WDS tools, and the company is also seemingly retiring another beloved Windows Media Player feature early. At the same time though, the ...

This article provides in-depth information on how to identify and resolve issues related to spinlock contention in SQL Server applications on high-concurrency systems. In the past, commodity Windows ...

Microsoft warned customers last week that they may experience application crashes on some Windows Server 2025 due to recent memory management changes. This known issue affects apps that use Address ...

New Tool Analyzes SQL Server Master Database File (MDF) and Index Fragmentation, Totally Automates End-to-End Defragmentation There is no other product in the industry that allows me to address Master ...

The SQL community joins Fabric in Europe for the first time at the Microsoft Fabric and SQL Community Conference, September 28 to October 1, 2026 in Barcelona, Spain. Technical sessions and workshops ...

SQL data types enforce data integrity by validating values at insert time, preventing data corruption across analytics, BI, and ML workloads. Choosing appropriately sized data types improves query ...

MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Microsoft SQL Server are compared side by side to help beginners understand the strengths, limitations, and ideal use cases of each SQL database. The video explains differences ...