As a heavy user of other RDBMS data platforms, I have long appreciated the extra effort that Microsoft put into their data management and administration tool, the SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).

With a host of improvements based on customer and SQL community feedback, the SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 2 (SP2) was released by Microsoft. Microsoft said the new release contains a roll-up of ...

SQL Server 2016 and Azure SQL Database both give you tables that automatically keep track of changes to your data. Here's how to both create those tables and alter existing tables so they track the ...

This book is aimed at those new to SQL Server, or those with a basic understanding wanting to learn more. How does it fare? Beginnings are important. A bad start can stop you in your tracks and divert ...