Microsoft is releasing a public preview of the next version of its SQL Server database, which will work on Linux and Windows, both. Microsoft released a private preview of SQL Server for Linux in ...

Microsoft is making available on July 17 its first near-final public Release Candidate of SQL Server 2017. SQL Server 2017 is the first version of Microsoft's SQL Server database that will run on both ...

This month’s collection of fixes from Microsoft includes 86 patches — but at least there were no zero-day bugs.

Enterprise customers can now select to buy an extra six years of support for Windows Server and SQL Server. The new Premium Assurance extension offers a total of 16 years support, up from a current ...

When in March this year Microsoft announced that it was bringing SQL Server to Linux the reaction was one of surprise, with the announcement prompting two big questions: why and how? SQL Server is one ...

Microsoft’s announcement that it was bringing its flagship SQL Server database software to Linux came as a major surprise when the company first announced this in March. Until now, the preview was ...

Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2, as well as SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2, are due to move out of extended support over the next few years—SQL Server in July 2019 and Windows Server in January 2020. For ...

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 ...

Microsoft has reminded customers that Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 will reach its extended end-of-support (EOS) date next year, on October 10, 2023. Released in October 2012, Windows Server 2012 has ...

When trying to install SolidWorks on a Windows computer, you may encounter an issue when the installation is trying to install Microsoft SQL Server. So, the installation works fine until it reaches ...