Super-fast performance, robust toolset and better security options make Microsoft's latest database management system a must for most shops. It's easy to be overwhelmed by the raft of new features in ...

The next-generation edition of Microsoft's flagship relational database system, SQL Server 2017, took a step closer to general availability with this week's launch of the first Release Candidate ...

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Microsoft released SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 2 this week. The SP2 release goes by the "RTM" (release to manufacturing) nomenclature, according to Microsoft's announcement. That's an old-fashioned ...

In the past, the question of how to perform auditing under SQL Server has had a simple answer: Do it yourself. But now, SQL Server 2000 has eased the burden of auditing by introducing an extensive and ...

Microsoft this week released SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 2. The SP2 release goes by the "RTM" (release to manufacturing) nomenclature, according to Microsoft's announcement. That's an old-fashioned ...

Microsoft has ported its flagship relational database management system SQL Server 2016 to operating system distributions running the open source Linux kernel. Scott Guthrie, Microsoft's vice ...

SQL Server isn't on the kind of update schedule that characterizes Visual Studio these days, when it's unusual for two months to go by without some sort of release. But one version is getting a new ...

Microsoft has dropped its "Denali" code name and now calls its next-generation relational database management system "SQL Server 2012." The company also explained at the SQL PASS Summit being held in ...

The venerable relational database management system is now feature-complete, with support for Linux and containers running on Linux and Mac OS X, and it's available as a release candidate this week.