Microsoft Corp.s long-awaited SQL Server 2005 represents significant change for administrators—the database server includes several new features that add capability and improve performance, but ...

The new Workgroup Edition is also being added immediately to the SQL Server 2000 lineup. Both cost $3,899 per processor. The per-processor licensing model is the easiest to understand.

The group of SQL Server components receiving 64-bit support for the first time in the new CTP are Reporting Services, Notification Services and management, development and configuration tools. The CTP ...

Of the 36 percent that moved to a new SQL Server instance on physical hardware, most (59 percent) bought new hardware for the purpose. Just 25 percent performed an "in-place" upgrade.

SQL Server Management Studio — previously referred to as the SQL Server “workbench” — will perhaps be the most visible new tool in SQL Server 2005. Management Studio combines the functionality of ...

The customer base will most likely stick with SQL Server 2005 instead of jumping to 2008, so make no mistake, this service pack will be very popular regardless of these “new features”.

A year from now, Microsoft will stop supporting SQL Server 2005 entirely, so the push is on to migrate customers to newer editions or to Azure Topics Spotlight: New Thinking about Cloud Computing ...

Microsoft’s support for SQL Server 2005 ends in April and just like with Server 2003, you should take the end-of-life announcements from Microsoft seriously.

With the availability of the SQL Server 2005 April CTP, Microsoft also announced that it would adopt CTPs for the remainder of the SQL Server 2005 development cycle. By being given more interim ...

I just came across the issue of building up a SQL Server 2005 on a standalone copy of Win2003 and then joining the box to a domain later if there will be any issues. A quick google search turns up ...

At this point, Schiff suggests, the important thing is that the SQL Server code-base has been finalized and is nearly ready to go. “There's so much pent-up demand for [SQL Server 2005], and I think ...