Zero-days in .NET and SQL Server, and a handful of critical RCE bugs, form the nucleus of Microsoft's March Patch Tuesday update.

As I described here, Power BI can send SQL queries in parallel in DirectQuery mode and you can see from the Timeline column there is some parallelism happening here – the last two SQL queries ...

It has been discovered that the domain 'example.com,' used for testing and explanation purposes, is treated as a real mail server in Microsoft Outlook's auto-configuration feature, resulting in users' ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Cory Benfield discusses the evolution of ...

Microsoft announced today that it will integrate Sysmon natively into Windows 11 and Windows Server 2025 next year, making it unnecessary to deploy the standalone Sysinternals tools. "Next year, ...

With the official release of Microsoft's latest database offering, let's see what was improved and what still needs some work. Today, at Ignite, Microsoft announced the general availability of SQL ...

Abstract: Aggregation functions such as COUNT, SUM, AVG, MAX, and MIN are basic tools for summarizing data in SQL. However, their behavior can be affected by several factors such as the occurrence of ...

At Microsoft Build 2025, we announced the public preview of SQL Server 2025. Built on a foundation of best-in-class security, performance, and availability, SQL Server 2025 empowers customers to ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. By default, the Nginx Docker image is configured as a file server, not a reverse proxy or a load ...

Snowflake wants to reduce enterprises’ reliance on data engineers and data scientists for unstructured data analysis with its new SQL functions powered by generative AI. Snowflake is adding generative ...