A 16-year-old set one login field to "admin," and an estimated 17.3 trillion Microsoft rows became accessible.

This week’s security newsletter was dominated by a Pentagon personnel data breach affecting more than three million people, ...

Microsoft has ignited the next stage in the discontinuation of SQL Data Sync: As of September 9, it is no longer possible to create new SQL Data Sync deployments in Azure subscriptions that have not ...

Microsoft has released its August 2026 Patch Tuesday security updates, addressing 398 CVEs across Windows, Office, SharePoint Server, Azure services, .NET, PowerShell, Visual Studio Code, and other ...

The “Active Directory Kill Chain Attack & Defense” framework maps the sequential stages of Active Directory (AD) compromises Microsoft’s foundational service for managing users, devices, and resources ...

This PowerShell script example creates two elastic pools, moves a pooled database in SQL Database from one SQL elastic pool into another SQL elastic pool, and then moves the pooled database out of the ...

Microsoft is addressing 176 vulnerabilities today, which seems like a lot, and it is. Curiously, Microsoft’s own Security Update Guide (SUG) for September 2025 Patch Tuesday only lists 86 vulns, and ...

A step-by-step guide to deploying, configuring, and testing a multi-AZ, multi-region SQL Server FCI in the Azure cloud, complete with a PowerShell script that handles the networking configuration.

Azure Data Studio will officially be retired on February 28, 2026. Microsoft just announced the retirement in a blog post, recommending that all users try out the alternatives: Visual Studio Code and ...

Based in rural Minnesota, Brian Burgess worked in IT for 10 years before finding his passion for writing about consumer technology. Brian earned his degree in computer and network technology in 2000.

This comprehensive guide covers essential PowerShell information, including features, system requirements, and how Microsoft’s framework extends to task automation and management. PowerShell was ...