As you will see in this chapter, companies use SQL Server for many types of applications and on most tiers now. Gone are the days when you would second guess yourself choosing to use SQL Server over a ...

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SQL Server and Azure SQL Database have a property called compatibility level. Microsoft supports compatibility levels back to SQL Server 2008 and has committed to keep those in newer releases of the ...

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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 ...

Kevin Kline is president of the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS), an independent group for users of Microsoft Corp.’s SQL Server database. PASS is holding its annual conference in ...

For example, SQL Server 2017 will include Active Directory (AD) and TLS encryption support when running on Linux, improved Dynamic Management Views (DMVs) for SQL Server Analytic Services (SSAS) to ...