Microsoft recently announced that DNS over HTTPS (DoH) is now available on Windows Server 2025, providing encrypted DNS ...

Windows DNS Server DNS over HTTPS is generally available on Windows Server 2025 with KB5094125, encrypting client-to-resolver ...

Microsoft has resolved a known issue causing some Windows Server 2025 devices to boot into BitLocker recovery after ...

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Nearly every major product family needs immediate patching, from Windows to Office to Microsoft Edge, SQL Server, and even Microsoft Developer Tools. Windows admins are going to be busy this month, ...

If you have recently upgraded to Microsoft ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server, you might have experienced that your scripts with bcp commands have stopped working. Invoke ...

Are you ready to delve into the world of collaborative writing and editing? Look no further than Wiki.js, an open-source, modern Wiki engine powered by Node.js, Git, and Markdown. In this guide, we'll ...

Clear recent connections list Clears the list of recent connections. By default the 5 most recent connections to a database are shown in the connection list. Type F1, then select the MS SQL: Connect ...

For more details, see Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) authentication for SQL Server overview. The new authentication mode using Azure AD is based on the central authentication repository provided ...

Enterprise databases present several unique challenges for security and audit professionals. They are paradoxical, as they must securely store vast amounts of sensitive data while being broadly ...

Below is a cheat sheet for creating SQL Server client connection strings and finding them in common configuration files. Connecting to instances by name, forcing a named pipes connection.