SQL Server is one of the best products to come out of Microsoft, but not every professional knows how to use it effectively. For example, some might find it difficult to create a stored procedure but ...

A general rule of thumb for tuning database applications is "80 percent application, 20 percent database." This means that, on average, developers can tune 20 percent of performance problems by ...

Microsoft's premade templates allows for the deployment of SQL databases without having to use complex PowerShell commands.

In a previous article, I talked about getting started with managing SQL server using PowerShell and the Server Management Objects (SMO). While that was mostly spent making the connection and doing ...

When you need a SQL database fast, the cloud is the best way to go. Azure provides a SQL database as a PaaS that eliminates the need to get an entire SQL Server deployment up and running.