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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 ...

SQL Server Standard 2022 - 16 Core When SQL Server 2022 is mentioned in the context of "16 core," the primary focus is on the ...

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A private preview of SQL Server 2025 began in November 2024, followed by a public preview in May 2025. Now, it is time for the natural next step, as the tool has received its first release candidate, ...

In modern manufacturing, data has become just as critical as raw materials and skilled labor. From machine sensors and production lines to supply chain and qual ...

Overview On September 10, NSFOCUS CERT detected that Microsoft released the September Security Update patch, fixing 86 security issues involving widely used products such as Windows, Microsoft Office, ...

Today is Microsoft' 2025 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 81 flaws, including two publicly disclosed ...

Microsoft is addressing 176 vulnerabilities this Patch Tuesday, which seems like a lot, and it is. Curiously, Microsoft’s own ...

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

In July, the Stack Overflow survey showed that PostgreSQL had extended its lead as the most popular database for professional ...

In the early days, Unicode was not widely adopted, and single-byte encoding became mainstream, which is why SQL Server needs to support both encoding methods to balance performance and compatibility.