The long-awaited upgrade to Microsoft’s SQL Server database will come with a raft of new features when it ships later this year — as well as a price hike of up to 25 percent, Microsoft said on ...

Microsoft released its third Community Technical Preview for SQL Server 2005 this month with a new ad hoc reporting tool and 64-bit support for more components of Microsoft's flagship database.

SQL Server 2005 has such a host of unique features that it’s really compelling for participates to learn about them. Making training available on media or as part of a conference, as is generally done ...

Microsoft Corp.s long-awaited SQL Server 2005 represents significant change for administrators—the database server includes several new features that add capability and improve performance, but ...

Majority of the presentations were based on SQL Server 2005, however, there were plenty of discussions on SQL Server 2008 too.

With just a short amount of time to go until Microsoft officially kills off SQL Server 2005—i.e., no more hotfixes or security updates—the installed base of 800,000 to more than 2 million ...

Microsoft posted on April 18, 2006 the RTM version of Service Pack 1 for SQL Server 2005 Developer, Workgroup, Standard, Enterprise, and Express editions. Get the lowdown on SP-1's added features, ...

Moving SQL Server 2005 data will be the easy part compared to the app migrations.

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.

Another capability that's expected to make it into the next CTP is support for T-SQL and Intellisense, a feature that was targeted for SQL Server 2005, code-named "Yukon," but was removed.

Top feature billing goes to Report Builder, a new component of SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition. Based on technology acquired from ActiveViews Inc. last year, it is a self-service, ad hoc report ...