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Microsoft Copilot can accelerate SQL work by generating T-SQL, identifying missing indexes, and improving query structure. Here is what it actually does and where its limits are.
Read article →Microsoft's late-2024 SQL Server GDR updates fix CDC regressions introduced in September 2024, not new vulnerabilities. Here is what that means for your patching strategy.
Read article →Microsoft has issued emergency GDR security updates for SQL Server 2022, 2019 and 2017 to address a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the SQL Server connection driver.
Read article →Microsoft released SQL Server 2019 CU21 and 2022 CU5 in June 2023, fixing over 30 bugs including memory leaks and query correctness issues affecting production environments.
Read article →Practical SQL Server performance tuning techniques for developers, drawn from 20 years of consulting work across real client environments.
Read article →Default SQL Server auto-growth settings cause VLF fragmentation and autogrowth wait events. This script analyses every database and generates the correct ALTER DATABASE statements automatically.
Read article →Microsoft patched two silent incorrect results bugs in SQL Server 2019 CU9 and 2016 SP2 CU16, affecting CONCAT queries and in-memory tables with columnstore indexes.
Read article →Microsoft has confirmed a critical remote code execution vulnerability in SQL Server's Extended Events feature. Find out if your instance is exposed and how to fix it.
Read article →SQL Server 2017 CU18 and SQL Server 2016 SP2 CU11 fix critical production issues including deadlocks, memory leaks, and replication failures. Here is what changed and why it matters.
Read article →When SQL Server slows down, wait statistics reveal exactly where the problem is hiding. Learn how to query DMVs to diagnose performance issues quickly.
Read article →SQL Server deployments have technical traps that catch non-specialists off guard. Here are 10 things every project manager must get right before go-live.
Read article →Step-by-step guide to configuring SQL Server Auditing at both the server and database level, with T-SQL scripts you can adapt for your environment.
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