General availability on newer Linux distributions and CU1 signal a push toward stability, security and production readiness.

As a Microsoft Certified Trainer, I am authorized to teach the Microsoft Official Curriculum in our training centers, at customer sites and over the internet. The MOC, as it’s called, has hands-on lab ...

With the official release of Microsoft's latest database offering, let's see what was improved and what still needs some work. Today, at Ignite, Microsoft announced the general availability of SQL ...

A private preview of SQL Server 2025 began in November 2024, followed by a public preview in May 2025. Now, it is time for the natural next step, as the tool has received its first release candidate, ...

Canonical and Microsoft jointly announced support for Microsoft SQL Server with Ubuntu Pro on Azure. Running Ubuntu Pro and Azure on Microsoft SQL Server is more cost-effective than many alternatives.

Overview On January 14, NSFOCUS CERT detected that Microsoft released the January Security Update patch, which fixed 112 security issues involving widely used products such as Windows, Microsoft ...

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 ...

Tim Kridel is an independent analyst and freelance writer with years of experience in covering technology, telecommunications and more. Just how much does the Department of Defense rely on Microsoft ...