Customers now can download a fully-functional trial version for evaluation, and Microsoft is also making the software available to the Microsoft Developer Network and TechNet subscribers. With SQL ...

“Free” is a term rarely associated with Microsoft offerings, especially at the server end of the spectrum. Exchange Server, SQL Server, SharePoint, Hyper-V — IT admins know functionality comes at a ...

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Microsoft has provided more details about its SQL-Server-on-Linux strategy, a previously unimaginable new coupling that will see Microsoft’s popular database software, SQL Server, appear on Linux ...

There are some nifty, better-than-SSMS tools that cost nothing to use. One of them is already in your toolbox and you might not know it. I'm down on SQL Server Management Studio right now. I basically ...

I had the pleasure to spend some time with my old friend at Microsoft, Mark Souza, while speaking at the SQL Saturday event in Dublin, Ireland. Now keep in mind that Mark and I have known each other ...

At today's kickoff for Microsoft Ignite, the company announced that SQL Server 2025 is finally coming. No timing was announced for the release, but based on prior versions, I would expect to see a ...

Microsoft capped off a week of high-profile announcements related to SQL Server with an aggressive migration offer aimed at Oracle database customers. Here's the bottom line, from Microsoft's ...

I'm down on SQL Server Management Studio right now. I basically just spent a day trying to swap out the evaluation version of SQL Server 2008 R2 with the Express version, and SSMS just wouldn't ...