SQL Server 2016 Developer edition differs from their other free offering, SQL Server Express, in two ways. Unlike SQL Server Express, it cannot be used in production environments.

Microsoft's SQL Server team announced an official release date for a major update to its venerable SQL Server relational database management system. General availability for SQL Server 2016 is June 1.

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.

General availability for SQL Server 2016 is June 1. The announcement comes with specific information on features per edition. "Today we are announcing the features in our editions, including ...

SQL Server 2016 will be available starting June 1, Microsoft announced on Monday. In a blog posted by Tiffany Wissner, senior director of Microsoft's Data Platform Marketing group, the company ...