Stéphane Haby

SQL Server: New SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)  landing page

After the new connectivity and drivers landing page for SQL Server with .Net, Java, Python, C++, Go and PHP languages, you have a new landing page for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ssms You will see 6(…)

SQL Server 2025: Local SQL Server Container – Schema design preview

After my blogs about “SQL Server 2025: Local SQL Server Container without Docker Command” and “SQL Server 2025: Local SQL Server Container – Schema compare preview”, I continue to play & test it. One new feature in preview(…)

SQL Server 2025: Local SQL Server Container – Schema compare preview

After my blog about “SQL Server 2025: Local SQL Server Container without Docker Command”, I continue to play & test it. One new feature in preview is the “schema compare” in this last extension for Visual Code: I like(…)

SQL Server: New connectivity and Drivers landing page

You will find a new connectivity and drivers landing page for SQL Server with .Net, Java, Python, C++, Go and PHP languages: SQL Connectivity and Drivers – SQL Server | Microsoft Learn As you can see, you can download,(…)

SQL Server 2025: Local SQL Server Container without Docker Command

The last version of” MSSQL extension for Visual Studio Code” has in Preview “the Local SqlServer Containers” based on SQL Server 2025 with the following keys: Create and manage SQL Server containers locally without Docker commands Use SQL Server 2025(…)

SQL Server 2025: What news on the instance configuration

Like every time with a new version of SQL Server, it’s good to see what the new configurations possibilities are for us to manage the instance. To do this, I will compare SQL 2022 and SQL 2025 using the system(…)

SQL Server AlwaysOn – Alert database Not Synchronizing / Suspect

Few days ago, through our alerting at the Service Desk, we receive an alert about a database in an AlwaysOn cluster with the message: CRITICAL: Database xxxx [replica: xxxxxx] [role: SECONDARY] state is SUSPECT, synchronization health is NOT_HEALTHY, synchronization(…)

SQL Server AlwaysOn – Failover does not work but everything is green on the cluster

Recently I was called by a customer because the failover on a SQL server AlwaysOn 2 nodes cluster does not work. I connect to the first node of AlwaysOn cluster who is the primary and check the cluster with the(…)

New SQL Server Management Studio Version 21 – First Test

Last week, at the Pass Data Summit, they announce the new version of SQL Server Management Studio: SSMS 21 You can find the preview in here. It’s a good opportunity to test this new version before installing it by(…)

Coming back to the Future Data Driven Summit 2024’s Event last night

Last night, I followed with Amine Haloui the Future Data Driven Summit 2024 from 3 PM to 2 AM This event was remote and very easy to follow. One day with 5 rooms and  more then 55 speakers…(…)