Microsoft began taking sign ups for its SQL Azure Reporting Services public test build on the same day that rival Salesforce unveiled its plans for a cloud database of its own.

Microsoft this month described a test service designed to help SQL Azure users monitor the security of their databases housed in Microsoft's cloud.

The SQL Server team is unleashing the first widespread test builds of the next version of Microsoft's database, a k a SQL Server 2008 R2 (codenamed "Kilimanjaro").

Over at ZDNet, Mary Jo Foley has uncovered some minor details about the next major SQL Server release, code-named "Katmai." After translating a blog post by Microsoft's Andreas Hack from German to ...

After pushing back its planned shipment date for SQL Server 2005 four times, Microsoft is ready to launch the new database. And users who have worked with the software hope the extra development ...

Early users of Microsoft's upcoming SQL Server 2008 database say that they're impressed by functionality being added in areas such as security, auditing and development.

Microsoft this week posted new test versions of SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005 and the .NET Framework 2.0. Visual Studio and .NET came out in Beta 2 versions. Tightly coupled with those ...

Get your hands on the upcoming SQL Server development tools. All you need to do is join the program and provide feedback to the mothership.

Get your hands on the upcoming SQL Server development tools. All you need to do is join the program and provide feedback to the mothership.