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Welcome to this Microsoft solutions workshop on SQL Server 2019 Workshop. In this course you will learn how to solve modern data challenges with SQL Server 2019 using a hands-on lab approach. This ...

I've been thinking a lot lately about what it actually takes to make an AI agent genuinely useful for database work, both for administration and for application access to the data tier. Writing the ...

Microsoft offers two paths for running enterprise databases: SQL Server, which you install and manage yourself, and Azure SQL, which Microsoft runs for you as a managed service. Both use the same ...

How must databases adapt to generative AI, and how should databases be integrated with large language models (LLMs)? These are questions that Sailesh Krishnamurthy has grappled with for several years ...

Despite its steep licensing costs, SQL Server continues to prove its worth over open-source alternatives in some key areas. SQL Server is an expensive part of your IT stack -- SQL Server Enterprise ...

MySQL and PostgreSQL are two of the most used open source SQL databases, and both fulfill the role of a general-purpose database well. How do you choose which one to use for a project? Let's look at ...

From performance to programmability, the right database makes all the difference. Here are 13 key questions to guide your selection. Picking the “right” database can often be critical to the success ...

This is a continuation of a series of articles in which I briefly cover the main points of a specific topic in system architecture design. The previous article can be read here, and the complete guide ...