Microsoft SQL Server installation is simple when system requirements and edition choices are planned. Choosing the right authentication mode, such as Windows Authentication, improves security and ...

Microsoft is expanding its Extended Security Update (ESU) program to cover additional Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 versions approaching the end of support. Organizations that rely on long-term ...

The big picture: Mark Russinovich developed Sysmon and other utilities in the Sysinternals suite to provide advanced monitoring and troubleshooting tools for system administrators. Russinovich now ...

With the official release of Microsoft's latest database offering, let's see what was improved and what still needs some work. Today, at Ignite, Microsoft announced the general availability of SQL ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Thankfully, for such things, the document itself is relatively ...

Microsoft Azure experienced simultaneous outages, disrupting access to websites, apps, and cloud-connected services across industries on Wednesday afternoon. The dual failure triggered widespread ...

Microsoft on Thursday deployed a reworked update for a critical vulnerability in the Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) that has come under attack in the wild. CVE-2025-59287 is a remote code ...

Microsoft has reminded that Exchange Server 2016 and 2019 reached the end of support and advised IT administrators to upgrade servers to Exchange Server SE or migrate to Exchange Online. According to ...

Microsoft is working to resolve a known issue that causes its Defender for Endpoint enterprise endpoint security platform to incorrectly tag SQL Server software as end-of-life. According to a service ...

Bottom line: Microsoft will soon end security updates for Office 2016 and 2019, leaving millions of users exposed to potential vulnerabilities. Those who don't upgrade to a newer version or Microsoft ...