Microsoft's latest SQL Server 2016 has been in testing stages for over a year now, with the current version, SQL Server 2016 RC3, available for download. Microsoft said that the current test ...

As part of the SQL Server 2016 launch event, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced a commercial database promotion that provides customers with free licenses if you are running a competitor’s ...

Windows Server 2016 moving to per core, not per socket, licensing This change aligns with the licensing scheme now used for SQL Server, among others.

One of the long-standing differentiators between SQL Server's Enterprise Edition (EE) and Standard Edition (SE), besides price, were the large number of features available only in EE. This is also ...

For now, the Linux version will include all the standard SQL Server management features that come with the Windows version.