Microsoft has clarified the more confusing elements of SQL Server licensing and extended major benefits to customers. The catch is that Software Assurance is required to take advantage of them.

The move of Microsoft's 2019 version of its database into Redmond's equivalent of a software care home means only SQL Server 2022 remains in mainstream support, which is due to end on January 11 ...

Microsoft announced late last month that it'll be ending support for two SQL Server capabilities, with cloud services and SQL Server 2022 typically proposed as replacements.

Microsoft's database releases from 2008 and 2010 reach end of extended support. In response, Redmond says, that for many customers, the time for cloud migration has arrived.

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StreamSets announces integration with, and support for, SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters (BDC), Microsoft's new database-data lake solution. StreamSets' third-party platform imbues SQL 2019 BDC ...

Reporting Services is included in all editions of SQL Server 2008 R2. However, full reporting services are limited in the Standard, Web Workgroup and Express editions.

In an effort to make the SQL better than the original, Microsoft Corp. announced Wednesday it will be adding reporting capabilities to its SQL Server business intelligence (BI) platform.These new ...