Auditing an instance of the SQL Server Database Engine or an individual database involves tracking and logging events that occur on the Database Engine. SQL Server audit lets you create server audits, ...

SQL Server is primarily built around a row-based table structure that connects related data elements in different tables to one another, avoiding the need to redundantly store data in multiple places ...

A new SQL Server 2025 feature lets organizations run vector-based semantic searches on their own data, connecting to local or cloud-hosted AI models without relying on massive general-purpose LLMs. I ...

SQL Server on Azure Local is generally available. Review disconnected deployment requirements, separate licensing, and recovery planning before adopting it. Microsoft has made SQL Server on Azure ...

Blocking is normal in any lock-based relational database, but persistent or long-running blocking degrades throughput and causes application timeouts. This article describes what blocking is in SQL ...