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Microsoft has released Cumulative Update 3 for SQL Server 2014 SP1..

Microsoft has released Cumulative Update 10 for SQL Server 2014 RTM.

After a 3 year gap between coming across to Summit i forgot about just how good it is to be..

Microsoft has released Cumulative Update 8 for SQL Server 2012 SP2. This cumulative update does contain the fixes released in the recent security bulletin.

SQL Server 2016 is introducing a new feature Live Query Statistics (LQS) to assist you by providing visible live query statistics of your SQL statements from within SQL Server Management Studio. In this article Warwick introduces you to the feature and shows that using SSMS 2016 against a SQL Server 2014 Instance the new feature can be used.

SQLSaturday is a free day of SQL Server Training, If you are a SQL Server Professional these are great days to come along to learn about SQL Server from Industry focused professionals. This also provides a great day to network with other like minded SQL Server Professionals in your area.

TempDB in SQL Server if not configured appropriately can be a performance bottleneck. With the release of SQL Server 2016 next year some changes have been made to help with the initial configuration of TempDB out of the box using some industry wide recommended practices. Read more to find our what is happening ….

Tail of the Log is an important aspect of SQL Server databases for recovery purposes. In this article Warwick will introduce you to what it is and how to make it useful to you in your environment.

Microsoft has released SQL Server 2014 SP1 Cumulative Update 2 for you to download as of 18 August 2015.

Microsoft has released SQL Server 2014 RTM Cumulative Update 9 for you to download as of 18 August 2015.

Azure Data Factory was released on Friday 7th August by Microsoft into General Availability for consumers. Read more ….