SQL Server 2014 is available for download today as a 180-day free trial version through Microsoft's TechNet Evaluation Center here. Also reaching general availability today is the SQL Server Backup to ...

Microsoft has RTM'd SQL Server 2014, which includes a new in-memory OLTP engine built jointly by Microsoft Research and the SQL Server team.

It's limited what VSDE member can do with it. Also: SQL Server 2016, when released later this year, will also be free. Tiffany Wissner, Senior Director of Data Platform Marketing with Microsoft, blogs ...

Microsoft republished Service Pack 1 for SQL Server 2014 on Thursday.

SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 3 (SP3) was announced on Wednesday, about two years after the release of SP2. SP3 is a cumulative update, which means that it'll upgrade "all editions and service levels ...

Microsoft's SQL Server 2014 has built-in in-memory technologies, so users don't need expensive additional software or hardware. Plus, it's fast.

In addition to SQL Server 2014, Microsoft debuted its Analytics Platform System (APS), pitching it as an appliance for customers that need to do queries spanning SQL Server and Hadoop.