Microsoft's relational database engine has had the same licensing model since 2012. The new version released this week brings significant changes that brings SQL Server closer to Azure SQL's licensing ...

The latest development of multi-core processors has opened the door to affordable performance that was only achievable before from multi-CPU machines. I gave an example recently with the 8-way ...

With the official release of Microsoft's latest database offering, let's see what was improved and what still needs some work. Today, at Ignite, Microsoft announced the general availability of SQL ...

SQL Server 2025 is shaping up to be a pivotal release offering robust tools for developers and improved core database capabilities. Back in November 2024, Microsoft announced the private preview of ...