So, my friend has a box that's running IIS 6 and SQL Server 2000. Everything's patched up to date, and he uses it to host his personal website and stuff. Small-time stuff in any case. He gave me ...

Modern versions of SQL Server get released almost every 18 months. This frequent release cycle means that it is easy to miss major enhancements that may not make marketing headlines, but offer ...

Effective January 2023, Microsoft will raise the per core pricing of SQL Server by 10 percent. This means a two-core pack of SQL Server Enterprise Edition will now be approximately $15,123 (up ...

Most Common Wait Types in SQL Server and What They Mean ASYNC_NETWORK_IO—The async_network_io wait types point to network-related issues. They are most-often caused by a client application not ...

Clearly, the opportunity to deploy SQL Server on something other than a Windows Server means you can take advantage of the database's capabilities without having to manage Windows hosts to do it. If ...