SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is the principal interface for working with Microsoft SQL Server. However, many subtleties of this powerful tool evade even the most seasoned professionals. Here ...

Sometimes you become the accidental DBA, or you are the DBA by choice. Either way, you can choose to spend time working in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to look at things such as backups or the ...

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

The latest version has reached general availability a few months after the release of v18.4. It brings a bunch of new features and general bug fixes, along with more specific improvements. In November ...

In SQL Server 2005 we were given the Surface Area Configuration tool to assist us in terms of security. The idea was to help us reduce the “surface area” of the SQL Server from a security point of ...