A database server may be part of a file server that also houses applications and non-database files; however, the term generally implies a server that provides only database functions. See database.

One reoccurring SQL Server question that I see: Why is my TempDB database so large and what can I go to reduce the size of TempDB? The answer requires some basic understanding of the internals of ...

SQL Server has a long list of roles for server, database, and applications that outline things like permissions, data selection and modification, and disk management. Examine how roles play a part ...

Using Access to build a front end for SQL Server Your email has been sent What are the advantages of using Access as the front end to a SQL Server database? For starters, it's likely that your ...

I needed this capability on a recent consulting project to build a dashboard management reporting system for a very large medical database on a server with a slow DSL connection. I needed to copy the ...

Today, at Microsoft Build, Microsoft announced the public preview of SQL Server 2025 -- the latest release of their premier database product. I've been in the private preview program for SQL ...