On the business side, Microsoft sees this release of SQL Server as the one that leverages numerous components of Microsoft’s Intelligent Data Platform (IDP) and, despite it being an on-premises ...

In the cloud era, you may wonder why Microsoft is investing big into an "on-premises" product like SQL Server. It is a complex question I wanted to answer through the lens of some of the new ...

As Azure and Windows Server come closer together, Microsoft is offering IT pros and developers paths to go between cloud and on-premises — even using PaaS tools and services.

Now generally available, SQL Server 2022's feature set brings it closer to parity with Azure SQL. Here are the biggest additions to Microsoft's RDBMS software you need to know.

“Now you can also develop applications with SQL Server on Linux, Docker or macOS (via Docker) and then deploy to Linux, Windows, Docker, on-premises or in the cloud,” Sirosh wrote in a blog post.

Pushing Exchange 2016 shows the commitment Microsoft still has to its on-premises server products. It’s something the company has continued to push with other tools like SQL Server 2016 and ...

In addition to the Azure Stack announcement, Microsoft also released the second preview of Windows Server 2016. The update brings with it support for rolling upgrades to Hyper-V and Storage ...

Redmond also revealed today that Microsoft SQL Server 2012, the company's relational database management system, will be retired on July 12, 2022, ten years after its release in May 2012.

Credit: Microsoft. Two years ago, Microsoft officials announced the next versions of on-premises Exchange Server, SharePoint Server, Skype for Business Server, and Project Server would be ...