The venerable relational database management system is now feature-complete, with support for Linux and containers running on Linux and Mac OS X, and it's available as a release candidate this week.

The next-generation edition of Microsoft's flagship relational database system, SQL Server 2017, took a step closer to general availability with this week's launch of the first Release Candidate ...

Super-fast performance, robust toolset and better security options make Microsoft's latest database management system a must for most shops. It's easy to be overwhelmed by the raft of new features in ...

Microsoft released SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 2 this week. The SP2 release goes by the "RTM" (release to manufacturing) nomenclature, according to Microsoft's announcement. That's an old-fashioned ...

SQL Server Management Studio or SSMS allows you to connect to the SQL server and execute queries. In this tutorial, we will see how you can install and configure SQL Server Management Studio in ...

Microsoft this week released SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 2. The SP2 release goes by the "RTM" (release to manufacturing) nomenclature, according to Microsoft's announcement. That's an old-fashioned ...

It’s been a long time since Microsoft Corp. first entered the database world with a relabeled version of the Sybase relational database management system. From its humble beginnings, the Microsoft ...

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 ...