As SQL Server 2016 approaches end of support in July 2026, a look back at its groundbreaking innovations reveals how it reshaped Microsoft's data platform and why it's time to move forward. As I've ...

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EFCore.Encryption provides a helpful base for building your own encrypted column implementations of any type. It also supports querying for equality by storing a hashed copy of the data alongside the ...

Why is the language developers and DBAs use to organize data such a mess? Here are 13 reasons we wish we could quit SQL, even though we probably won't. For all its popularity and success, SQL is a ...

MySQL and PostgreSQL are two of the most used open source SQL databases, and both fulfill the role of a general-purpose database well. How do you choose which one to use for a project? Let's look at ...

NoSQL databases arose in response to the limitations of using SQL (Structured Query Language) for database queries. NoSQL databases store and manage data in ways that enable high operational speed and ...

“There are services we wouldn’t be able to offer our customers if we didn’t have confidence in Always Encrypted and the capabilities it provides.” “Always Encrypted helps provide peace of mind,” says ...

Creates a column master key metadata object in a database. A column master key metadata entry represents a key, stored in an external key store. The key protects (encrypts) column encryption keys when ...