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.

Launch timing aside, SQL Server 2012 has released with a solid set of new features and improved technologies. You can download SQL Server 2012 at www.microsoft.com ...

REDMOND, Wash. — March 6, 2012 — Microsoft Corp. today announced that the latest version of the world’s most widely deployed data platform, Microsoft SQL Server 2012, has released to manufacturing.

Microsoft today announced that SQL Server 2012 was released for purchase. The April 1 release date was announced today, perhaps to avoid the whole April Fools confusion. Microsoft describes it as ...

REDMOND, Wash. — Oct. 12, 2011 — Kicking off PASS Summit 2011, Microsoft Corporate Vice President Ted Kummert addressed an audience of more than 5,000 technology professionals to discuss how Microsoft ...

SQL Server 2012, Microsoft's flagship database product, is officially out. What's actually available, though, is a bit of a mystery. Microsoft describes it as being at the "general availability" stage ...

Microsoft rolled out a description of its SQL Server 2012 licensing model on Thursday. Microsoft's up-and-coming relational database management system (formerly code-named "Denali") promises ...

Just a few months after launching SQL Server 2012, Microsoft is starting to peel back the covers on what's coming in the next version of its database. And while the Softies aren't sharing a due date, ...

Microsoft rolled out a description of its SQL Server 2012 licensing model on Thursday. Microsoft's up-and-coming relational database management system (formerly code-named "Denali") promises ...