SQL Server 2016 lost mainstream support this month, on July 13. While you can still run SQL Server 2016 and open support tickets, there will be very few performance updates. In an unusual step, ...

Microsoft announced the availability of SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 2 (SP2) on Tuesday. The SP2 release is currently available through the Microsoft Download Center. The publish date is shown as ...

Microsoft packed SQL Server 2016 with new advanced features that are supposed to help it compete with a host of other database software. But some of the advanced capabilities in the relational ...

JSON has stolen some of XML's thunder with features such as human and machine readability, a lightweight, compact text structure and support for many software and hardware platforms. JSON (JavaScript ...

Microsoft’s SQL Server platform has been on a roll lately, with its smooth and feature-rich SQL 2016 release gaining accolades across the industry, including the DBMS of the Year award from db-engines ...

With a host of improvements based on customer and SQL community feedback, the SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 2 (SP2) was released by Microsoft. Microsoft said the new release contains a roll-up of ...

Microsoft’s announcement that it was bringing its flagship SQL Server database software to Linux came as a major surprise when the company first announced this in March. Until now, the preview was ...

This whitepaper from Forrester Consulting includes a Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) study and analyzes the prospective return on investment (ROI) enterprises may recognize by upgrading to Microsoft SQL ...

Microsoft packed SQL Server 2016 with new advanced features that are supposed to help it compete with a host of other database software. But some of the advanced capabilities in the relational ...