Microsoft.Data.SqlClient is a .NET data provider for Microsoft SQL Server and the Azure SQL family of databases. It grew from a union of the two System.Data.SqlClient components which live ...

Microsoft's relational database engine has had the same licensing model since 2012. The new version released this week brings significant changes that brings SQL Server closer to Azure SQL's licensing ...

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Microsoft has released out-of-band (OOB) updates to fix issues affecting Windows Server systems after installing the April 2026 security updates. As Microsoft confirmed last week, some admins may ...

The “A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server” message appears when your app or client cannot reach the ...

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Welcome to the SQL Server Language Extensions project! Starting in SQL Server 2019, we have added support for language extensibility, which means that you can now execute code in various languages ...

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