“Free” is a term rarely associated with Microsoft offerings, especially at the server end of the spectrum. Exchange Server, SQL Server, SharePoint, Hyper-V — IT admins know functionality ...

The SQL Server team is unleashing the first widespread test builds of the next version of Microsoft's database, a k a SQL Server 2008 R2 (codenamed "Kilimanjaro").

Microsoft today announced that its next SQL Server version will hit general availability status on June 1. In a blog posted by Tiffany Wissner, senior director of Microsoft's Data Platform Marketing ...

Microsoft, according to sharp-eyed reporting on ZDNet, is axing three different editions of SQL Server: Datacenter, Workgroup, and Standard for Small Business.

REDMOND, Wash., April 24, 2003 — Some things just work better together. A mouse and a keyboard. The connectivity of e-mail and the power of the Internet. Database servers, operating systems and ...

SQL Server 2005 Deadline The end of extended support for SQL Server 2005 is scheduled for April 12, 2016. It takes several months to plan and execute a SQL Server migration, according to Microsoft.