Microsoft has announced that SCOM Management Packs for SSRS, PBIRS, and SSAS will reach End of Support in January 2027, forcing enterprise migration to Azure Monitor.

Microsoft will retire SCOM SQL monitoring packs in 2027, pushing customers toward Azure Monitor and cloud billing.

Delivering on performance promises made during its November launch, Microsoft has formally released Native Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) support for Windows Server 2025. This architectural ...

Microsoft on Thursday deployed a reworked update for a critical vulnerability in the Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) that has come under attack in the wild. CVE-2025-59287 is a remote code ...

This month’s collection of fixes from Microsoft includes 86 patches — but at least there were no zero-day bugs. Microsoft released 86 patches this week with updates for Office, Windows, and SQL Server ...

The SQL Server MCP client is built with .NET Core using the Model Context Protocol C# SDK (github.com/modelcontextprotocol/csharp-sdk). It provides tools for ...

Microsoft will remove PowerShell 2.0 from Windows starting in August, eight years after announcing its deprecation and keeping it around as an optional feature. The 14-year-old command processor ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Every security team’s nightmare came true over the weekend: a ...

We take pride in delivering innovation with each new version of Microsoft SQL Server. However, there comes a time when product lifecycles must conclude. On July 14, 2026, SQL Server 2016 will reach ...

Microsoft has announced some big changes to the pricing and licensing of its on-premises server products, which will take effect in July and August 2025. The company says these updates are needed to ...

Microsoft has announced that a recent security update released in June 2025 is causing trouble for some businesses using Windows Server computers as their main network managers. The problem affects ...

Microsoft's continued focus on SQL Server 2025 highlights the lasting demand for on-premises and hybrid deployments that prioritize performance, control and flexibility for enterprise workloads. In ...