Transactional replication allows you to replicate data from one database to another hosted on either SQL Server or Azure SQL Managed Instance. SQL Managed Instance can be a publisher, distributor, or ...

As a follow-up to Microsoft Build at the end of May, we thought it was a good time to highlight recent updates for client tools. In this post, we’ll recap the updates to SQL tools over the past few ...

SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) turns Visual Studio into a powerful development and database lifecycle management (DLM) environment for SQL Server on Linux. You can develop, build, test, and publish your ...

A common task that all database and system administrators face is patching systems. Patching your systems is very important -- first and foremost, security fixes are included in patches. Patches also ...

Mojang describes realm as "private, persistent worlds, safely stored in the cloud". In short, they are cloud server-based Minecraft servers that allow for the multiplayer experience without any ...

While playing Minecraft, players may find they wish to start playing with others within the same world. If money isn't an issue, then this can be done relatively easily via the use of Minecraft realms ...

This blog entry comes from Buck Woody, who recently rejoined the SQL Server team from the Machine Learning and AI team. For those of you who haven’t met me or read any of my books or blog entries, ...

The importance of automating processes can’t be overestimated. Most things start out as a manual procedure until you work out exactly how things should happen, but many times they stay that way ...