Brien M. Posey is a freelance technical writer who has contributed to dozens of books and is a six-time Microsoft MVP award winner. Many IT professionals live by the maxim that if something isn’t ...

Microsoft today released updates to fix at least 137 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and supported software. None of the weaknesses addressed this month are known to be ...

An alias is an alternate name that can be used to make a connection. The alias encapsulates the required elements of a connection string, and exposes them with a name ...

We take pride in delivering innovation with each new version of Microsoft SQL Server. However, there comes a time when product lifecycles must conclude. As of July 9, 2024, SQL Server 2014 has reached ...

Microsoft Corp. today issued software updates to plug 139 security holes in various flavors of Windows and other Microsoft products. Redmond says attackers are already exploiting at least two of the ...

Server Manager is a Windows tool that allows you and other IT professionals to manage local and remote Windows-based servers from your desktops without accessing the servers or connecting to the ...

Researchers from SpecterOps have put together a comprehensive resource that catalogs SCCM attacks and provides defensive strategies and hardening guidance. The Microsoft Configuration Manager (MCM) or ...

You may encounter the SQL Server Error 18456 if the server could not authenticate the connection and this can be caused by the non-availability of the administrator ...