Microsoft has confirmed that a hacker who successfully exploits a zero-day SQL vulnerability could gain system administrator privileges. Here’s how to fix it.

The world of the data professionals and DBAs is swirling with threats and risks, and those dangers are on the rise. You’re probably accustomed to using longstanding database fea­tures to secure your ...

Despite the plentiful information in Books Online and on the official “SQL Server 2000 Security” document Microsoft offers online, setting up a truly secure SQL Server remains a difficult task. In ...

UPDATE: The story that originally got my attention has been updated in all of the places I could still find it yesterday, so I’m pulling my references to the story and just focusing on the positive ...

SQL Server has a long list of roles for server, database, and applications that outline things like permissions, data selection and modification, and disk management. Examine how roles play a part in ...

For those of you still using SQL Server 2005, Microsoft will completely end support on April 12th 2016. You can head over here to check out upgrade guidelines, download migration tools, and read more ...

Microsoft on Thursday announced new Extended Security Updates plans that add three years of patch support for organizations using SQL Server 2008/R2 and Windows Server 2008/R2 products. The Extended ...

A few days ago, Microsoft shocked us when it announced that it would soon bring its SQL Server database to Linux. It’ll take until 2017 before SQL Server will be available on Linux, though. Until then ...

LOS ANGELES & MISSISSAUGA, Ontario & AHMEDABAD, India--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bitscape today announced it has earned the Windows Server and SQL Server Migration to Microsoft Azure advanced specialization, a ...

SQL Server 2025: Redefining the modern data platformIssued by Ascent TechnologyJohannesburg, 11 Mar 2026 SQL Server 2025: Redefining the modern data platform. Explore how SQL Server 2025 reshapes the ...