On June 24, 2026, Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) facilitated the takedown, suspension, and blocking of domains that ...

Database administrator with 14+ years of hands-on experience in database management and database design. I still remember the morning our CTO walked into our weekly team meeting and dropped the bomb: ...

Reports of the demise of Windows Active Directory are greatly exaggerated – here’s how Microsoft is supporting AD in its latest server platform. We’ve often heard that on-premises solutions are on ...

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NoSQL databases arose in response to the limitations of using SQL (Structured Query Language) for database queries. NoSQL databases store and manage data in ways that enable high operational speed and ...

Enterprise databases present several unique challenges for security and audit professionals. They are paradoxical, as they must securely store vast amounts of sensitive data while being broadly ...

Links to the documentation for T-SQL statements supported in dedicated SQL pool (formerly SQL DW). The following DMVs are applicable to dedicated SQL pool (formerly SQL DW), but must be executed by ...

The purpose of this exporter is to support monitoring SAP and SAP HanaDB instances with Prometheus and Grafana. The next necessary piece is a toml configuration file where the encrypted passwords, the ...

Microsoft has ended support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008, but you can purchase extended security updates. Here's what you need to do to implement them. January 14, 2020 was the official end ...