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 licensing ...

There used to be few good options for a DBA with a bunch of systems stuck on SQL Server 2008. But thanks to one easy trick, businesses on aging infrastructure can take advantage of Microsoft's modern ...

Note – This book abbreviates SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services as SSRS and SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services as SSRS2K5. New features available in SSRS and not in SSRS2K5 are labeled with “New in ...

While SQL Server 2008 was little more than a service-pack level upgrade, the 2012 version of Microsoft’s database has a boatload of new features and delivers solid performance improvements.

You don't tug on Superman's cape, you don't spit into the wind, you don't pull the mask of that old Lone Ranger, and you don't run Microsoft SQL Server on Linux (with apologies to the late Jim Croce).

If you’re building a Microsoft .NET network and you have an Oracle database, you should migrate it to SQL Server. It is not a question of which is better but of which one is the right tool for you. In ...