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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 and ...

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. The new version of Microsoft's popular database software, SQL Server 2016, will be arriving on June 1 ...

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 platform ...

Microsoft is kicking off a nine-month promotion on September 1 which will offer VMware users free Windows Server Datacenter licenses for switching from vSphere to Hyper-V. The September 1 start date ...

The Linux version of Microsoft SQL Server 2016 v.Next is a viable option for customers who want to deploy the RDBMS on an open source platform, but the early previews lack some features of the core ...

Hong Kong, March 18, 2016 – Every business and nearly every industry is being transformed by technology. This disruption is driven, in part, by the convergence of three trends: a massive explosion of ...

After months of previews, Microsoft SQL Server 2016 has gone live. June 1 marks its general availability, at, Microsoft says, the same price as its predecessor, but with increased functionality. It ...

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 ...