Born out of Microsoft’s SQL Server Big Data Clusters investments, the Apache Spark Connector for SQL Server and Azure SQL is a high-performance connector that enables you to use transactional data in ...

The new script-based SQL database initialization does not support using separate credentials for schema (DDL) and data (DML) changes. This reduces complexity and aligns its capabilities with Flyway ...

Today is Microsoft's November 2024 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 89 flaws, including four zero-days, two of which are actively exploited. This Patch Tuesday fixed four critical ...

Take advantage of connection resiliency in EF Core to detect errors and retry commands and enable your ASP.NET Core application to overcome transient faults. A high-quality application must be stable, ...

Marriott and Starwood's challenges with cybersecurity go back years, cybersecurity researchers say. On Friday, hospitality giant Marriott revealed a massive hack led to the theft of personal data of a ...

In December 2013, just days after a data breach exposed 40 million customer debit and credit card accounts, Target Corp. hired security experts at Verizon to probe its networks for weaknesses. The ...

This is a basic question that I think I know the answer to but I just wanted to double check the consensus view. I've got a WinService written in C#/.NET 2.0. It's job is to be continually downloading ...