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Postcodes are just text values. How does Power BI know where each postcode is on a map? It does so by geocoding: sending each ...

A comprehensive Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for SQL Server database operations. This server provides 10 powerful tools for database analysis, object discovery, and data manipulation through ...

The world tried to kill Andy off but he had to stay alive to to talk about what happened with databases in 2025.

Microsoft has released out-of-band (OOB) security updates to patch a critical-severity Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) vulnerability with publicly available proof-of-concept exploit code. WSUS is ...

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 ...

An underground server network capable of crippling communications systems in New York City and the tri-state area has been shut down, officials said. The United States Secret Service announced Tuesday ...

This month’s collection of fixes from Microsoft includes 86 patches — but at least there were no zero-day bugs. Microsoft released 86 patches this week with updates for Office, Windows, and SQL Server ...

Restarting the Windows Server Backup Service requires you to stop the Service and then start it. If the Service is stopped and not running, you will have to just start it. Let us see how to start and ...

At Microsoft Build 2025, we announced the public preview of SQL Server 2025. Built on a foundation of best-in-class security, performance, and availability, SQL Server 2025 empowers customers to ...