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SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Availability Groups only replicate user-defined databases, and not system databases (such as Master and MSDB). SQL Agent jobs and SQL Server logons are not automatically ...

In SQL Server, the database can be stored in different files and filegroups. If your database is small (100 MB or less), you do not need to worry too much about files and filegroups. But if you have a ...

SQL Server 2012/2014 delivers compelling new capabilities that make an upgrade worthwhile. However, along the upgrade path, companies have also discovered key obstacles to achieving the new ...

How to Find All Scheduled Jobs in SQL. Microsoft's SQL Server database software includes a job scheduling system which lets you perform routine business activities such as reporting and database ...

Now, go to the Database tab. Assuming that your SQL Server database is running on another server, this tab will be empty. Click the Change Database button.

At Microsoft's Ignite digital event this week, the company is announcing the private preview of SQL Server 2022, the next version of its three-decades-old relational database management system ...

SQL Server 2016 and Azure SQL Database both give you tables that automatically keep track of changes to your data. Here's how to both create those tables and alter existing tables so they track the ...