Azure SQL vs SQL Server in 2026: compare cost, features, AI, and migration paths, plus when Managed Instance beats Azure VM in one clear framework.

This article explores how performance-focused code review works, what reviewers should look for, and how teams can prevent slowdowns long before users complain.

Are you a data-driven problem solver who thrives on optimising performance, unlocking insights, and building robust database solutions? We’re looking for a Senior SQL Developer to join a high-impact ...

Are you a data-driven problem solver who thrives on optimising performance, unlocking insights, and building robust database solutions? We’re looking for a Senior SQL Developer to join a high-impact ...

Microsoft added query-to-page mapping to its AI Performance report in Bing Webmaster Tools, letting you connect AI grounding queries directly to cited URLs. Why we care. The original dashboard showed ...

Abstract: Nowadays, businesses generate large volumes of data that must be stored in a reliable database. Among the available options, relational database management systems (RDBMS) are widely adopted ...

It's rare we get anything for free these days, especially in the realm of storage and memory. But an updated Windows Server driver has officially given Windows native NVMe SSD support, and some ...

Microsoft has released a native NVMe performance feature in Windows Server 2025 that targets one of the biggest bottlenecks in modern server deployments: storage overhead. If you run NVMe-based ...

Single-file T-SQL script that snapshots a SQL Server database's performance signals and schema into one Markdown report, designed to be read by humans and analysed by LLMs such as ChatGPT or Claude.

Existing index tuners typically rely on the “what if” API provided by the query optimizer to estimate the execution cost of a query on top of an index configuration. Such cost estimates can be ...

Abstract: The goal of the Cross-domain Text-to-SQL task is to accurately translate natural language questions into executable SQL queries, even when applied to previously unseen databases. Recently, ...