An update to the cardinality estimator feature in SQL Server 2022 will be one of the biggest changes to the database engine since its inception. Database engines like SQL Server are incredibly complex ...

This article helps you troubleshoot SQL Server performance problems, such as slower queries, higher CPU usage, increased waits, or changed query plans, that appear after you upgrade to a newer major ...

SQL Server backups cannot be restored to older versions directly. Use Export and Import Data-Tier Application for cross-version database migration. Reconfigure permissions, logins, and connection ...

Both scripts enrich discovered instances by reading the Windows registry remotely and export the results to CSV. They recognize SQL Server releases from legacy versions through SQL Server 2025 and ...

This article describes breaking changes between Microsoft ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server and version 17. Use it when you choose a driver version, upgrade an application from version 17 to version 18, ...

T-SQL (Transact-SQL) is a set of programming extensions from Sybase and Microsoft that add several features to the Structured Query Language (SQL), including ...