<p>eWeek has an article up discussing the possibility of Microsoft including automatic patching in the next version of SQL Server. The article is unclear about what exactly this would entail, but it ...

At the moment I use Ivanti Patch for Windows to handle rolling out windows and SQL server patches to around 30 Production SQL servers running various versions of SQL and Windows. It kind of works, but ...

Microsoft issued some reminders this week that July 9, 2019, is the last day of patch support for SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2. The servers will no longer get security patches after that ...

patchVantage, an Oracle management software supplier, has added patching functionality for MySQL, and Microsoft’s SQL Server on Linux. According patchVantage, since Oracle’s RDBMS, MySQL, Microsoft’s ...

eWeek content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More Theres been a lot of speculation this week on when, whether ...

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

A problem in SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 is prompting a hot fix to post later today or tomorrow. There is also a refresh of SP2 code available now from this page. SP 2 has been available for a week ...

July 9 marked the end of "extended support" for SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2, the last five-year phase of Microsoft's overall 10-year product lifecycle for these products. The two servers ...