Microsoft SQL Server installation is simple when system requirements and edition choices are planned.Choosing the right authentication mode, such as ...

SQL Server 2008 Installation Strategies and Best Practices Part 2 of 5 Greetings, last week I initiated this blog series which focuses on best practices and installation strategies when deploying SQL ...

Security is important for every product and every business. By following simple best practices, you can avoid many security vulnerabilities. This article discusses some security best practices that ...

Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database management system (RDBMS) used in many enterprise-level companies. It provides a secure and scalable environment for storing, managing, and retrieving ...

Create a New Always On Failover Cluster Instance (Setup) [!INCLUDE SQL Server] To install or upgrade a [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] failover cluster instance (FCI), you must run the Setup program on each ...

This part covers the SQL Server installation and configuration for a SCCM 2012 R2 environment. SQL server will be installed on a dedicated server. (If SQL server is installed on the same server as the ...

The Microsoft OLE DB Provider is an SQL tool that enables developers to write code that provides an application with ADO access to an SQL database. The OLE DB Provider is not installed by default when ...