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Six sample databases for SQL Server and how to find them

It used to be that finding and using a sample SQL database was quite simple. In fact, the venerable Pubs database used to be installed as part of the SQL Server installation process. Fast forward to ...
Redmond

Restoring a Database to an Older Version of SQL Server

SQL Server backups cannot be restored to older versions directly. Use Export and Import Data-Tier Application for cross-version database migration. Reconfigure permissions, logins, and connection ...
techtarget

SQL Server in Azure database choices and what they offer users

If you're considering moving your on-premises SQL Server databases to the Microsoft Azure cloud, you need to decide which of the different cloud options works best for you. You might not realize it to ...

What is SQL? A language for querying and modifying databases

Unraveling work troubles, one by one.When talking about databases, English words like SELECT, UPDATE, and DELETE come up.SQL is a language used to tell a database 'which data you want to read' or ...
ZDNet

Microsoft's cloud-connected on-prem database: SQL Server 2022 rolls out in private preview

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 (RDBMS) ...