The Importance of Thick Clients

Steve prefers thick client tools for working with his databases.

AutomatedLab - A Quickstart for Deploying SQL Server Labs on Windows

Learn how you can use AutomatedLab to quickly create new environments.

Creating an Azure SQL Database Using Azure Cloud Shell

This article will show how to use the Azure Cloud Shell and PowerShell to set up a new Azure SQL Database.

Free Tools, Does Innovation Matter?

Today we have a guest editorial from Brian Walker, the developer for SQLFacts. He discusses the value from his toolkit and why it can be useful for developers.

Connecting to Localhost with the new sqlcmd

Using the New Open Source SQLCMD to Create Containers

See how the new, open-source sqlcmd works with containers to kickstart the development experience.

Experimenting with Go-SQLCMD

Steve takes a look at go-sqlcmd, the newest evolution of the sqlcmd command line tool.

Azure Automation With Visual Studio Code

Microsoft combined the power of two powerful tools by announcing the public preview of Azure Automation Visual Studio Code Extension. This article will show you how to get started.

7 DB Forge SQL Studio Features Discovered in Less Than 2 Hours

dbForge SQL Studio gives you a few advantages over SSMS. See what Kenneth discovered during his first use of the tool.

Performance Tuning Using Free Tools, Part 2

You can do essential performance tuning on your SQL Server databases using a FREE toolkit!