SQL Server 2016 Archives

Data Migration Assistant Error During Assessment of SQL Server 2017

January 9, 2018 by Thomas LaRock

The Data Migration Assistant (DMA) offers you the ability to perform a feature assessment against your SQL Server database. The DMA will not work if you try to perform an assessment of a source database against an older target version.

SQL Server Guidance to Protect Against Meltdown and Spectre Attacks

January 9, 2018January 4, 2018 by Thomas LaRock

Today Microsoft released a KB article to provide guidance for SQL Server installations in response to the Meltdown and Spectre side-channel attacks. You should take the time to review that KB article. Here’s what Microsoft has to say about performance.