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SQL Server 2014 End of Life: What It Means & How Idera Helps
In July 2024, Microsoft SQL Server 2014 reached its end of life (EOL). This milestone marks the end of extended support from Microsoft, which has significant implications for your databases and data if you’re still running SQL Server 2014. Whether you’re a seasoned...
Essentials of Database Indexing for SQL Server
What is Database Indexing Database indexing is a technique used to optimize the performance of a database by enabling faster retrieval of records. It involves creating a data structure that provides quick access to rows in a database table based on the values in one...
The Principle of Least Privilege in SQL Server Security
The principle of least privilege is a foundational concept in database security that advocates for granting users the minimum level of access necessary to perform their duties. By restricting user permissions, organizations can minimize the risk of unauthorized access...
How to Avoid SQL Server Deadlocks: 5 Essential Steps for DBAs
Understanding SQL Server Deadlocks In SQL Server management, deadlocks are a common yet frustrating issue that can disrupt database performance. A deadlock occurs when two or more processes compete for the same resources, creating a cycle of dependency that halts...
DB PowerStudio 18.7 Now Available
IDERA’s DB PowerStudio provides a powerful cross-platform toolset for database development, tuning, and management. New benefits DB PowerStudio users will receive by using version 18.7 Enhanced Security authorizations for DB Change Manager, DBArtisan, Rapid...
Announcing the General Availability of IDERA SQL Compliance Manager 6.3
The newest version of SQL Compliance Manager 6.3 is here! SQL Compliance Manager enables you to proactively monitor, alert, and report on the compliance of Microsoft SQL Server in physical, virtual, and cloud environments. Here’s What’s new in SQL Compliance Manager...
5 Key Data Security Measures to Protect Your SQL Server
Essential Data Security Measures to Avoid Data Breaches Data breaches have become an increasingly significant threat to organizations of all sizes, with 2023 serving as a record-setting year for the number of data breaches. Hackers and cybercriminals are constantly...
Backup SQL Server: Essential Tools and Strategies
Don’t Take Chances - Backup Your SQL Data! With an overwhelming amount of blog posts, news articles, LinkedIn horror stories, and water cooler chats about the consequences of bad backups (or no backups at all), we’ve all seen and heard about what happens when someone...
How to Successfully Migrate SQL Server to Azure SQL Database
Learn about SQL Server to Azure migration and follow these procedures for a trouble-free migration process If you’re thinking about migrating your SQL Server to Azure SQL Database, there are some distinct advantages, including: Lower cost by shifting expenses from a...
Improving Your SQL Server Backup Recovery
Create a solid recovery plan. A critical part of your backup process needs to include recovery procedures. You should have a rehearsed recovery plan, so if and when you need to recover any of your databases, following the exact steps is second nature to you. It’s also...
Prevent SQL Injection Attacks and Data Breaches
Don’t Be a Victim. Stay Ahead of These Top SQL Security and Compliance Threats You don’t have to be a DBA in the trenches to know that there have been some high-visibility security breaches and data vulnerabilities over the last couple of years. And while there has...
A User-Centric Tuning Philosophy
Collaborative Holistic Tuning of the Application Stack When planning for this blog, I deliberated over the title much more than anyone should ever deliberate over anything. But I knew the subject I wanted to cover and it spanned a number of ideas. But a descriptive...
Macros – Add custom properties to specific objects
Sometimes, you may need to specify custom properties for various objects such as Entities, Tables, Attributes, etc. The macros I’ll be sharing in this post,…
Macros – Import objects from a diagrams.net | draw.io XML file
A script that imports a particular diagrams.net XML file (formerly draw.io) including specific Data used to retrieve the properties required to create the Entity Relationship…
Announcing the General Availability of IDERA SQL Secure 4.4
We are excited to announce the general availability of IDERA SQL Secure 4.4. IDERA SQL Secure empowers users to identify vulnerabilities in SQL Server configurations and access, establish robust security policies and baselines, and receive alerts for potential risks....
DB PowerStudio 18.6 Now Available!
IDERA’s DB PowerStudio provides a powerful cross-platform toolset for database development, tuning, and database management. New benefits DB PowerStudio users will receive by using version 18.6 Enhanced Security authorizations for DB Change Manager, DBArtisan, Rapid...
IDERA SQL Compliance Manager 6.2 Now Available
Introducing IDERA SQL Compliance Manager 6.2: The Latest Release of Our Leading SQL Server Auditing Solution SQL Compliance Manager (CM) is the leading SQL Server auditing solution in the industry, SQL Compliance Manager empowers companies to maintain database...
SQL Safe Backup 9.2.2 General Availability
We’re excited to announce the release of SQL Safe Backup 9.2.2 SQL Safe Backup is a comprehensive solution for SQL Server database backup and recovery. SQL Safe Backup dramatically lowers the cost of data protection for companies by achieving industry-leading...
SQL Defrag Manager 3.8 General Availability
We’re excited to announce the release of SQL Defrag Manager 3.8 SQL Defrag Manager is an industry leading automated performance solution that detects, documents and fixes SQL Server Index fragmentation. Centralized automation policies can be implemented across large...
SQL Diagnostic Manager 12.3 General Availability
SQL Diagnostic Manager 12.3 is available now. Upgrade or download the free trial version from Idera.com.