SQL Server has a long list of roles for server, database, and applications that outline things like permissions, data selection and modification, and disk management. Examine how roles play a part ...

Understanding Columnstore Indexes in SQL Server First introduced in SQL Server 2012, columnstore indexes can give you major performance gains -- provided you have the right workloads.

SQL Server expert Allan Hirt shares what database pros need to know about their core infrastructure.

Microsoft’s Bradley Ball dives into the inner workings of SQL Server indexing to help developers and DBAs speak the same ...