What 10 years of PPC testing reveals about breaking best practices

Stop chasing 'best practice' gains. These tested tactics show where real performance lifts actually come from in modern PPC.
Redmondmag.com

From Fabcon to MVP Summit: The Biggest SQL Server and Fabric Updates

Recent SQL Server 2025, Azure SQL, SSMS 22 and Fabric announcements highlight new event streaming and vector search capabilities, plus expanding monitoring and ontology tooling -- with tradeoffs in ...
WinBuzzer

Linux 7.0 Cuts PostgreSQL Performance in Half

An AWS engineer has reported PostgreSQL throughput dropping to 0.51x on Linux 7.0 after a kernel preemption change, with no ...
GameSpot

Marathon Server Slam Beta: How To Get In And What To Expect

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. An open beta for Bungie's upcoming shooter Marathon begins today, February 26. Announced during Sony's recent State of Play, the open beta--or "server ...
Redmond Magazine

Restoring a Database to an Older Version of SQL Server

SQL Server backups cannot be restored to older versions directly. Use Export and Import Data-Tier Application for cross-version database migration. Reconfigure permissions, logins, and connection ...
GitHub

SQL Server MCP Client

See Configuring Claude Desktop / Claude Code for examples. A comprehensive Microsoft SQL Server client implementing the Model Context Protocol (MCP). This server provides extensive SQL Server ...