Bharat Kumar Dokka is a distinguished Associate Technical Architect with over 15 years of experience in database product ...

Microsoft publishes SQL Server 2025 Release candidate with TLS 1.3, Ubuntu 24.04 support and many AI improvements. Reading processes are up to 50 times faster, but an important restriction remains ...

A new SQL Server 2025 feature lets organizations run vector-based semantic searches on their own data, connecting to local or cloud-hosted AI models without relying on massive general-purpose LLMs.

We’re excited to announce a new migration experience in Azure Arc to simplify and accelerate SQL Server migration. This new experience, now in preview, is powered by Azure Database Migration Service.

A step-by-step guide to deploying, configuring, and testing a multi-AZ, multi-region SQL Server FCI in the Azure cloud, complete with a PowerShell script that handles the networking configuration.

From the perspective of reducing the configuration complexity of IoT device parameters and improving data security, a lightweight embedded Web server is designed based on the TencentOS tiny operating ...

A SQL Server database backup for a ManageEngine’s ADSelfService Plus product had been recovered and, while the team had walked through the database recovery, SQL Server database encryption was in use.

Microsoft has removed DES encryption from Windows 11 24H2 and Windows Server 2025, requiring a shift to AES-based Kerberos authentication for enhanced security.

Apple services use one of two different encryption methods, and one is more secure and private than the other.

Learn about the “state of the union” in 2025 of Microsoft new releases and capabilities for SQL Server, Azure SQL, SQL database in Fabric, Copilots, and more.