Microsoft’s monthly update included 206 fixes for flaws in everything from Windows to Office to Exchange Server, not to mention three zero-days.

The system-to-administrator ratio is commonly used as a rough metric to understand administrative costs in high-scale services. With smaller, less automated services this ratio can be as low as 2:1, ...

At Microsoft Build, SQL Server 2025 enters public preview with major enhancements in AI integration, performance, reliability and developer tools -- reaffirming Microsoft’s continued investment in its ...

Despite its steep licensing costs, SQL Server continues to prove its worth over open-source alternatives in some key areas. SQL Server is an expensive part of your IT stack -- SQL Server Enterprise ...

This article explores the key causes of SQL Server failures and provides a detailed comparison of these HA solutions to help organizations choose the best fit for their needs. Failover Cluster ...

You can create only one listener per availability group through [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion]. Typically, each availability group requires only one listener. However, some customer scenarios require multiple ...

To diagnose Always On availability group health issues that trigger availability group failover, see Troubleshoot Always On Availability Groups failover. AGDiag is an application that automates the ...

Port Query (PortQry.exe) is a command-line utility in the Windows operating system that you can use to help troubleshoot TCP/IP connectivity issues. The tool reports the port status of TCP and UDP ...

A basic availability group supports a failover environment for a single database. It is created and managed much like traditional (advanced) Always On Availability Groups (SQL Server) with Enterprise ...

With the latest public preview available, it’s time to decide if you want to upgrade to Microsoft’s most cloud-connected version of SQL Server so far. Three decades on, SQL Server is still a database ...