The only way to get extended support for 2008 versions of Windows and SQL Server is in the cloud. Here's why you should be thinking about 2012 migrations now as well.

With end of support looming for Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008, Microsoft has a new option for those users to keep getting security updates: By moving workloads to Azure.

Install SQL Server Java Language Extension on Windows [!INCLUDE sqlserver2019-and-later] Learn how to install the Java Language Extension component for SQL Server on Windows. The Java Language ...

Microsoft has sent its SQL Server on Windows Containers Beta program to the shadow realm. Not only is it indefinitely pausing support, but it's also deleting docker hub repos.

Microsoft has suspended its SQL Server on Windows Container beta "with immediate effect." The statement yesterday (early on a US public holiday) by Microsoft senior program manager Amit Khandelwal ...

The financial component is that both SQL Server and Windows Server have changed their licensing models since 2008 to core-based licensing.

Microsoft's next version of SQL Server is available in public preview form for both Linux and Windows. Microsoft also is introducing SQL Server 2016 SP1.

Microsoft has suspended its SQL Server on Windows Container beta "with immediate effect." The statement yesterday (early on a US public holiday) by Microsoft senior program manager Amit Khandelwal ...

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 ...

SQL Server containers are created in seconds, and can support a team with isolated instances on a shared VM. Windows (SQL Server) containers can drive VM consolidation.

Microsoft Ignite: SQL Server 2017 for Linux goes live; or Windows, if you want The preview Docker image has already been fetched 2 million times.