The company released SQL Server Service Pack 1 (SP1) on the April 15 anniversary of the database software’s launch. Today, Microsoft is hitting the pause button after a discovering an issue.

Microsoft plans to release seven editions of SQL Server 2008, including Enterprise, Standard, Workgroup, Web, Developer, Express and Compact 3.5. The 180-day trial version is available for ...

SQL Server 2016 Express: The company's free SQL Server offering comes with a very basic and stripped down version of the database system, with support for just four cores.

SQL Server 2016 Standard: Microsoft is aiming this version as a lighter offering of its database management system, with support for 24 cores and basic security enhancements. SQL Server 2016 Express: ...

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As part of the SQL Server 2016 launch event, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced a commercial database promotion that provides customers with free licenses if you are running a competitor’s ...

Microsoft has announced the first CTP of a SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) for MySQL v1.0, which automates aspects of the migration process to Microsoft SQL Server 2005 & 2008 including SQL ...

Figure 1. A SQL Server query against the Northwind database executed in PowerShell. (Click image to view larger version.) Fig. 2 is that same query as executed in SSMS (yes, I finally did get it to ...

IBM earlier this month released a free version of its own DB2 database as part of a PHP development package. And Microsoft intends to ship a free version of SQL Server 2005, called Express, next ...

A new SQL Server 2025 feature lets organizations run vector-based semantic searches on their own data, connecting to local or ...