Only attach to Sql Server or create connection from your project (Visual Studio or favorite). The Contoso BI Demo dataset is used to demonstrate DW/BI functionalities across the entire Microsoft ...

Excerpt from Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Unleashed. By Ray Rankins, Paul Bertucci, Chris Gallelli, and Alex T. Silverstein Published by Sams ISBN-10: 0-672-33056-3 ISBN-13: 978-0-672-33056-8 ...

This repo demonstrates how to build an Apache Arrow Flight SQL server implementation using DuckDB or SQLite as a backend database. It enables authentication via middleware and allows for encrypted ...

Moving to the cloud doesn’t require extensive training. You can get all the benefits of running SQL Server in the cloud with the skills you have today. Simply leverage Azure SQL Database managed ...

Q&A Get Started Using .NET Aspire with SQL Server & Azure SQL Database By David Ramel 01/23/2025 Microsoft unveiled .NET Aspire at the Build 2024 developer conference, describing it as an opinionated, ...

In SQL Server, the database can be stored in different files and filegroups. If your database is small (100 MB or less), you do not need to worry too much about files and filegroups. But if you have a ...

In July 2024, SQL Server Stretch Database will be discontinued for SQL Server 2022, 2019, 2017 and 2016. Learn more.

Consistency means that no matter which database server you ask, you'll get the same value no matter who's asking or when. ACID, though, doesn't matter much when you're just reading data for analysis.