In March Microsoft made the SQL Server 2014 Developer edition free for Visual Studio Dev Essentials members and announced the same will be true when SQL Server 2016 is released.

A version of Enterprise, dubbed SQL Server 2016 Developer Edition, is built specifically for developers who need access to the Enterprise version's complete feature set for solution building and ...

Microsoft's latest database platform arrived on schedule on Wednesday. SQL Server 2016, which has been in different forms of closed and public testing over the last year, makes huge improvements ...

After a comprehensive testing period, Microsoft's latest database platform has hit its general availability status. SQL Server 2016, which has been in different forms of closed and public testing over ...

A new, more analytics-friendly version of Microsoft's flagship database hit the streets today. SQL Server 2016, which has been in different forms of closed and public testing over the last year, makes ...

SQL Server 2016 shines with stretch database to Azure, queries against Hadoop, internal R, better security, and higher performance ...

"SQL Server Developer Edition is for development and testing only." SQL Server 2014 Developer Edition retails for $50 per machine for a single license. It's currently available on sites such as Amazon ...

I had the pleasure to spend some time with my old friend Mark Souza, a general manager in the Data Platform team at Microsoft, while speaking at the SQL Saturday event in Dublin, Ireland. Now keep in ...

SQL Server 2016, which is currently available as a public preview, will become generally available later this year. Not too long ago, today’s announcement would have been unthinkable.