The Enterprise Edition will cost $25,000 per processor compared to $20,000 per processor in the SQL Server generation. The Standard Edition will cost $6,000 per processor, up from $5,000 per chip.

The Standard edition of SQL Server 2014 has access to 128 GB of physical memory, which is double what was available under SQL Server 2012 licensing, but its buffer pool is limited to "four times ...

Microsoft plans to make all four editions of SQL Server 2016 generally available to all customers on June 1, 2016. Written by Mary Jo Foley, Senior Contributing Editor May 2, 2016 at 6:00 a.m. PT ...

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 ...

Microsoft is adding a brand-new business-intelligence SKU and core-based licensing to its coming SQL Server 2012 database offering due next year.

The RC0 version, which expires after 180 days, contains various RCO editions of SQL Server 2008, including the Developer, Enterprise, Standard, Web and Workgroup Editions. The Microsoft Connect Web ...

At the PASS conference, Microsoft announces two new premium editions of SQL Server 2008 R2. The upcoming editions are SQL Server 2008 R2 Datacenter and SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse.

SQL Server 2012 will be available in three editions: Enterprise, Business Intelligence and Standard. The Enterprise edition is an all-inclusive product in terms of its features, and Microsoft is ...

SQL Server for Linux is just another example of how Microsoft’s view of competing platforms has changed in recent years. This move would’ve been unthinkable under its former CEO Steve Ballmer.

SP2 is available now to keep various editions of SQL Server 2008 R2 up to date. The editions supported by SP2 range from the lofty Parallel Computing edition to the no-cost Express edition.