This article provides an overview of the SQL Server Agent, which is a Microsoft Windows service that executes scheduled administrative tasks (called jobs) in SQL Server and Azure SQL Managed Instance.

The four pillars of SQL Server 2008's enhancements are mission-critical platform, dynamic development, beyond relational data and pervasive business insight. The second and third of these pillars are ...

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