Will the software industry's wave of open-source databases spill onto Microsoft's turf? Perhaps. The software giant is considering making the source code for its SQL Server database available to ...

The company is looking at making the source code for the next version of SQL Server available under its shared-source program. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge ...

Microsoft last week announced the release of SQL Server 2022 Release Candidate (RC) 0. The RC 0 designation is old Microsoft phraseology. It used to mean that the software bits were feature complete ...

In the AI era, we're constantly talking about how important data is—storing data, disseminating data, and protecting data. As data specialists, we understand bad data management leads to bad use of AI ...

At today's kickoff for Microsoft Ignite, the company announced that SQL Server 2025 is finally coming. No timing was announced for the release, but based on prior versions, I would expect to see a ...

Microsoft announced today that its database management system SQL Server 2022 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9 and Ubuntu 22.04. The blog post stated this new support was only ...

Customers now can download a fully-functional trial version for evaluation, and Microsoft is also making the software available to the Microsoft Developer Network and TechNet subscribers. With SQL ...

At the end of July the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) team announced Cloud SQL for Microsoft SQL Server available in alpha. According to Google, Cloud SQL for Microsoft SQL Server will let enterprises ...

When Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella extolled his company’s love for Linux—an open source operating system it previously opposed—it would be natural to assume that commitment came with a few caveats. On ...

commentary SQL Server 2005 will cost more but why aren't customers complaining? Something didn't feel right when Microsoft seemingly volunteered itself to more product scrutiny. In February, the ...

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is the tool of choice for most developers when managing SQL Server and the relational data stored in it. Microsoft recently outlined plans for SSMS 22, currently in ...

I have been continuing my SQL Server 2008 testing and embarked on evaluating the new version of Reporting Services. You may remember that this part of the product caused some concern on my part during ...