You can now install Azure Linux on your own server. Azure Linux may prove a competitor to mainstream enterprise Linux distros. Is Windows Server long for this world ...

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Microsoft released its first full Linux distro: Azure Linux 4.0. Azure Linux ix split into Azure Container Linux and the virtual machine edition. Microsoft effectively admits that it's a de facto ...

Microsoft has released out-of-band (OOB) updates to fix issues affecting Windows Server systems after installing the April 2026 security updates. As Microsoft confirmed last week, some admins may ...

SQL Server 2025 reaches enterprise readiness with GA support on RHEL 10 and Ubuntu 24.04. Cumulative Update 1 improves SQL Server 2025 reliability, performance and security based on early feedback.

The DB-Engines ranking of the most popular database management systems for January 2026 is now available, featuring data on the past 12 months’ popularity trends for 429 databases, highlighting the ...

Red Hat today announced multiple product updates across its Linux, OpenShift and artificial intelligence portfolios, focusing on hybrid cloud performance, post-quantum security and developer ...

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) can invoke a web browser through menu items, when selecting a URL in the query editor, or when using Microsoft Entra authentication.

Microsoft has announced that SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) is now officially supported in the latest SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 22 Preview 3. This release is quite important for ...

Managing SQL Server across hybrid and multi-cloud environments has long posed a challenge for database administrators. With data sprawled across on-premises infrastructure, cloud platforms, and edge ...

As SQL development increasingly becomes part of full-stack workflows, developers are looking for ways to simplify their tooling without compromising capability. While SQL Server Management Studio ...

Supporting some family members with old Intel iMacs that won't get updates anymore and replacing them would be prohibitively expensive for retirees. OTOH, getting a single, used – but beefy enough – ...