In most installations, SQL Server acts as the bottom layer in a standard application stack (user interface, middle tier, and database). Users rarely know what type of database they're using, let alone ...

Security is a longstanding priority for Microsoft across its products and offerings. In fact, SQL Server has pro­duced the fewest security vulnerabilities of all the major database platforms for many ...

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 ...

Microsoft announced a lot of Azure SQL news at Ignite this month, but few as critical to application development security than the public preview of Always Encrypted with secure enclaves. Here's how ...

SQL Server supports quicker deployment across enterprise tools through integration services and hybrid system support.Oracle Database is structur ...

Microsoft announced a lot of Azure SQL news at Ignite this month, but few as critical to application development security than the public preview of Always Encrypted with secure enclaves. Here's how ...

Microsoft SQL Server installation is simple when system requirements and edition choices are planned.Choosing the right authentication mode, such as ...

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 ...

SQL Data Discovery & Classification, a tool within Microsoft's SQL Server 2019, could inform attackers which data within a database is labeled sensitive, and which isn't, researchers report. Imperva ...

Microsoft is downplaying a SQL Server security flaw that could be exploited by someone with administrative privileges to see users’ unencrypted passwords. The vulnerability was discovered last year by ...