Microsoft today added a new licensing option for Windows Server and SQL Server that extends support by six years.

After 17 years of non-stop development, SQL Server 2005 now has what it takes to give Oracle 10g and IBM DB2 a run for the money in the enterprise-scale, multiterabyte database market. But the SQL ...

Despite its steep licensing costs, SQL Server continues to prove its worth over open-source alternatives in some key areas.

SQL Trace is the heart of SQL Server 2000’s auditing capabilities. In fact, Microsoft resurrected SQL Trace, which had been downplayed in SQL Server 7.0, specifically to facilitate auditing.

5. Reboot the server 6. After reboot, you will be able start SQL Server and connect from client machines using Named Pipes 7.

The software arm of Dell Inc. yesterday announced new versions of a bevy of products for the caretaking and development of SQL Server relational database management systems (RDBMSes). Dell Software ...