The world tried to kill Andy off but he had to stay alive to to talk about what happened with databases in 2025.

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 ...

ADO.NET refers to ActiveX Data Objects. It is a crucial factor of the .NET framework. It is intended to join with diverse databases like SQL, MySQL, Oracle, and MS Access, etc. The Data Reader object ...

Microsoft Outlook and Hotmail users experienced partial outages Thursday morning. DownDetector reported over 1,100 outage reports for Outlook and over 1,100 for Hotmail. The majority of reported ...

Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Addresses 137 Vulnerabilities, Including High-Severity SQL Server RCE Your email has been sent Two SQL Server vulnerabilities raise concerns for data exposure and remote code ...

Today is Microsoft's July 2025 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 137 flaws, including one publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft SQL Server. This Patch Tuesday also ...

A comprehensive strategy for monitoring your database estate should go beyond performance metrics like CPU usage, memory consumption, and IO performance.

Two examples of updates that can't be installed without a restart are non-Windows updates (such as .NET patches) and Windows non-security updates. Microsoft also started testing hotpatching in public ...

When trying to install SolidWorks on a Windows computer, you may encounter an issue when the installation is trying to install Microsoft SQL Server. So, the installation works fine until it reaches ...

Macros in Microsoft Access are powerful tools for automating repetitive tasks, significantly boosting efficiency, and making sure precision in database management. Unlike the complex scripting often ...