Windows 7 includes an ODBC manager that lets you connect from your desktop to a SQL server. You create a data source name (DSN) to save database setup information, so you can open a connection to the ...

Examine the similarities and differences between Windows security and SQL Server security and you'll find that most of the concepts you already know from managing a network will map quite nicely into ...

Today’s README file explains how to create connection strings to SQL Server databases using Visual Studio’s built-in tools. To provide an example using real source, I created a simple Winforms ...

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 ...

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Microsoft is aiming to shore up the security of its SQL Server database management software. The next version of SQL Server, code-named "Yukon," will include a long list of new security-related ...