SQL Server

Learn how to secure SQL Server communication using TLS: enable encryption for queries and result sets, validate server certificates, and configure force encryption for safe data transmission.

Discover how to protect your database files at rest using TDE. This guide covers key creation, certificate setup, enabling encryption, and backup/restore processes for SQL Server.

This article explains how SQL Server handles I/O operations, how delays impact performance, and how to diagnose and reso...

This guide explains how CPUs, threads, NUMA, and SQL Server scheduling work; what the defaults are; which knobs you can ...

Find out how SQL Server’s Change Tracking feature enables efficient incremental syncs by tracking row changes without triggers or full log scans—ideal for mobile apps and lightweight auditing.

This post walks you through how SQL Server FCI ensures high availability: automating failover at the Windows level, setting up shared storage, and maintaining service continuity.

AlwaysOn Availability Groups (AGs) are a high availability and disaster recovery solution introduced in SQL Server 2012....

High availability (HA) is essential for any modern SQL Server deployment. From traditional options like Log Shipping to ...

SQL Server offers a wide range of native security features that can help protect your data at rest, in transit, and duri...

1. What Is Change Tracking? Change Tracking is a built-in, lightweight feature of SQL Server that enables applications t...