I have a need to compare multiple different versions of essentially the same SQL Server 2005+ databases and bring the table structures up to that which is in the newest version. It should compare the ...

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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 28, 2003 — Kicking off the second day of the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC) 2003, Microsoft Corp. gave PDC attendees prerelease versions of Visual Studio, ...

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SQL Server and Azure SQL Database have a property called compatibility level. Microsoft supports compatibility levels back to SQL Server 2008 and has committed to keep those in newer releases of the ...

While SQL Server 2008 was little more than a service-pack level upgrade, the 2012 version of Microsoft’s database has a boatload of new features and delivers solid performance improvements.

Security risks will be a major concern for companies using some versions of .NET Framework and SQL Server after extended support ends some time this year. Microsoft will be ending extended support for ...