This article describes how to configure an instance of the SQL Server Database Engine to listen on a specific fixed port by using SQL Server Configuration Manager. If enabled, the default instance of ...

At the inception of relational database systems and into the 1980s, the only portable interface for applications was embedded SQL. At that time, there was no common function API such as a ...

SQL Server 2016, the next major release of Microsoft’s flagship database and analytics platform (which is available as a Community Technology Preview [CTP] as of this writing), includes exciting ...

description Learn how to troubleshoot SQL Server blocking problems, identify head blockers, diagnose long-running transactions, and resolve common scenarios. Blocking is normal in any lock-based ...