Devart announced the new release of dbForge Studio for SQL Server, v4.5. The updated version has a new tool Data Generator and improved data and schema comparison functionality. Prague, Czech Republic ...

Although there was significant fanfare surrounding SQL Server Query Store's initial release in SQL Server 2016, many companies have been hesitant about adopting the performance monitoring and ...

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Redgate is releasing a major upgrade for its popular tool, SQL Prompt, helping developers increase the speed and quality of their SQL coding and take advantage of the most recent improvements in SQL ...

The title of this book is a pretty good summary of the contents, especially with its subtitle of ‘Troubleshoot and optimize query performance in SQL Server 2012’. The book has a number of problems ...

In this second delve into data cleanliness (read the first, How clean is your data?, here), we’ll test-drive the data profiling tool provided with Microsoft SQL Server. Other profiling tools have ...

SQL Server Management Studio can help take the guesswork out of creating connection strings for PowerShell applications.