InfoWorld

A better way to work with SQL Server

It’s time to switch to a new development tool for SQL Server and Azure SQL. Here’s how to get started with the MSSQL ...
Visual Studio Magazine

In the Era of .NET Core, Microsoft Revamps SQL Server Data Access

Microsoft announced a new data access driver for SQL Server that should be the path forward for data developers in the era of .NET Core. As the traditional, Windows-only .NET Framework is basically ...
Ars Technica

How an old Drawbridge helped Microsoft bring SQL Server to Linux

When in March this year Microsoft announced that it was bringing SQL Server to Linux the reaction was one of surprise, with the announcement prompting two big questions: why and how? SQL Server is one ...
InfoWorld

Microsoft does it again, botches KB 2992611 SChannel patch

Last Tuesday's MS14-066 causes some servers to inexplicably hang, AWS or IIS to break, and Microsoft Access to roll over and play dead MS14-066/KB 2992611 was rolled out the automatic update chute ...
Redmond Magazine

SQL Server 2022 Public Preview Expected Mid-Year

SQL Server 2022 is nearing a public preview release, Microsoft announced on Monday. An Early Adoption Program for SQL Server 2022, which had offered a private preview of Microsoft's coming new ...
MCPmag

Create a DSN-Less Database Connection

You must have key connection information to connect any application with a data source (database), including Microsoft Access, SQL Server, Oracle RDBMS, and others. The connection information includes ...