Microsoft SQL Server Express LocalDB is a feature of [!INCLUDE [ssexpress-md](../../includes/ssexpress-md.md)] targeted to developers. In [!INCLUDE [sssql25-md ...

LOCALDB_ERROR_ADMIN_RIGHTS_REQUIRED Administrator privileges are required in order to execute this operation. LOCALDB_ERROR_AUTO_INSTANCE_CREATE_FAILED Can't create ...

SQL Server Management Studio or SSMS allows you to connect to the SQL server and execute queries. In this tutorial, we will see how you can install and configure SQL Server Management Studio in ...

Read this SQL tutorial to learn when to use SELECT, JOIN, subselects and UNION to access multiple tables with a single statement. It’s sometimes difficult to know which SQL syntax to use when ...

What is Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit? Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit is a free utility IT can use to determine whether its infrastructure is prepared for a ...

This article is just a note for something I forget the most: my LocalDB instance names. Sometimes when I open SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) I lose time thinking and trying to figure out what is ...

The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit can help administrators with inventory work and IT infrastructure assessments. At the heart of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit is the ...

Microsoft forgot a detail — or is knowingly telling us something. I was a Microsoft enthusiast. And I’m a Windows desktop developer. You can judge, and stop reading here. Or you might be in the same ...