Each version of Microsoft’s SQL Server comes with five years of full support, followed by five years of security-only updates. Here are five questions to ask before your next upgrade. 1. Should My ...

Each version of Microsoft's SQL Server comes with five years of full support, followed by five years of security-only updates. Here are five questions to ask as an agency’s current version hits the ...

With SQL Server 2008 R2, Microsoft has upped the ante -- sort of. ... Overall, whether or not you upgrade to SQL Server 2008 R2 will be based on budget, features and support.

Nevertheless, if a district decides to perform an in-place upgrade, it should check out the Upgrade Advisor tool that’s part of the SQL Server 2014 Feature Pack. Using SQL's Copy Database Wizard If ...

Organizations that have conducted a SQL Server implementation in the past may need to perform a new SQL Server 2008 installation or upgrade their existing SQL Server system, which is commonly ...

In SQL Server 2005, Microsoft introduced the Upgrade Advisor. This was a great idea to be able to analyze your current SQL Server in a safe environment and start the planning process of an ...

Microsoft, always interested in helping customers move to its Azure cloud platform, has offered three additional years of support-- ending on July 2022 for SQL Server and January 2023 for Windows ...

SQL Server 2005 reaches its end-of-life milestone on April 12, the day on which Microsoft ceases support for the database. While most public-sector organizations have already migrated critical systems ...

Microsoft Corp. is finally set to launch its SQL Server 2005 database on Monday. And despite a two-year delay, several users who have tested the software cited the improved performance and new ...

When it comes to implementing a big data strategy in a Microsoft SQL Server shop, you're generally going to consider three approaches, one of which is a cloud implementation. SQL Server 2012, and even ...

Microsoft advises admins who want to keep their servers running and still receiving bug fixes and security updates to upgrade to Windows Server 2019 and SQL Server 2019.

Luckily, Microsoft SQL Server 2014 represents a considerable advance from previous versions. Performance and security improvements include a new in-memory OLTP engine to reduce disk I/O, AlwaysOn ...