Month: November 2025

SQL Server 2025: Key Updates for Community Banks

SQL Server 2025: What Community Banks Need to Know Before Upgrading

Microsoft SQL Server 2025 has officially reached general availability, and it’s being called the most significant release for SQL developers in a decade. For IT leaders in community banking and financial services, this release brings meaningful improvements to performance, security, and licensing that deserve your attention. Whether you’re planning an upgrade from an aging SQL…
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How to Enable Query Store in SQL Server

How to Enable Query Store in SQL Server: A Step-by-Step Guide

In my previous post about Query Store, I wrote about the four key benefits to enabling Query Store. Now that I’ve convinced you to turn it on, how do you do that? One thing to point out is that in SQL Server 2022 and above, when creating a new database from the SSMS GUI or…
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