Microsoft's relational database engine has had the same licensing model since 2012. The new version released this week brings significant changes that brings SQL Server closer to Azure SQL's ...

Company says licensing is weak spot in Oracle's armory, and it hopes to use it to woo database customers to SQL Server 2008.

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With new R2 licensing, costs go up and unlimited virtualization rights on SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition go away ...

Microsoft believes licensing is the weak spot in Oracle's armoury, and hopes to use it to woo database customers to SQL Server 2008 ...

The new SQL Server 2012 licensing model is based on an organization's computing power, number of users and use of virtualization. Beyond that, the devil lurks in the details. The bottom line appears ...

In the past, Microsoft has followed the “R2” strategy to provide a functional release to existing products. Windows Server 2003 and 2008 went through an R2 version. It was regarded as a bonus ...

The forthcoming launch of SQL Server 2008 will see Microsoft focus its considerable resources on the issue of licensing, to win customers from rivals Oracle and IBM. "Our challenge, now (that) we have ...