Abstract: Dynamic data masking (DDM) is a powerful data-security technique for protecting personal and other sensitive information in databases from unauthorized access. A DDM can be used to mask or ...

Google Cloud SQL for SQL Server is a managed database service provided by Google Cloud, offering the robust capabilities of Google Cloud SQL Server with the added benefits of cloud hosting. This guide ...

A new SQL Server 2025 feature lets organizations run vector-based semantic searches on their own data, connecting to local or cloud-hosted AI models without relying on massive general-purpose LLMs. I ...

Google has confirmed that some customers’ information has been stolen in a recent breach of one of its databases. In a blog post late on Tuesday, Google Threat Intelligence Group said one of its ...

More than 184 million passwords may have been exposed in a massive data breach that experts are calling a “cybercriminal’s dream.” According to a new report by cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler ...

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Despite its steep licensing costs, SQL Server continues to prove its worth over open-source alternatives in some key areas. SQL Server is an expensive part of your IT stack -- SQL Server Enterprise ...

You will fail to connect to your database if the SQL Server service is not running. If you try running the SQL Server service from the Services.msc app, you will ...

Microsoft unveiled .NET Aspire at the Build 2024 developer conference, describing it as an opinionated, cloud-ready stack for building observable, production ready, distributed, cloud-native ...

The increasing adoption of AI technologies is presenting new challenges for our customers’ data estate and applications. Most organizations expect to deploy AI workloads across a hybrid mix of cloud, ...