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 platform ...

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Microsoft gave users another reason to download its free SQL Server Reporting Services add-on when it acquired small, privately held ActiveViews. Actually, “small” in this context is something of a ...

HOUSTON, TX--(Marketwire - Feb 14, 2013) - Idera, a leading provider of application and server management solutions, today announced the availability of three new free tools for both SQL Server DBAs ...

Microsoft has just released the Community Technology Preview (CTP) version of its latest Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) driver for SQL Server 2005. The CTP version of the upcoming 1.1 release is ...

Sean McCown is a Certified Master in SQL Server and a SQL Server MVP with 20 years of experience in databases. He is founder and co-owner of the website MidnightDBA.com, where he records free SQL ...

Microsoft is offering users on Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 a way to keep getting security updates for free after the official support period ends. Read also: Here's ...

A couple of weeks after announcing plans to bring SQL Server to Linux, Microsoft is providing a few more specifics about its plans. On March 7, Microsoft officials said they planned to make a version ...