Sometimes you become the accidental DBA, or you are the DBA by choice. Either way, you can choose to spend time working in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to look at things such as backups or the ...

Whenever I give a talk on databases or even Azure, I typically ask for a show of hands to see what percentage of the audience has worked with PowerShell. Typically, this is about 20 to 30 percent of ...

When I (along with many other people) had a lot of trouble trying to install SQL Server Management Studio in an attempt to switch from the SQL Server 2008 R2 evaluation to the free Express version, I ...