Microsoft offers two paths for running enterprise databases: SQL Server, which you install and manage yourself, and Azure SQL, which Microsoft runs for you as a managed service. Both use the same ...

The biggest feature in the SQL Server 2019 preview launched at Ignite is SQL Server Big Data clusters. Travis Wright, Microsoft's principal program manager for SQL Server, explains exactly what this ...

Despite its steep licensing costs, SQL Server continues to prove its worth over open-source alternatives in some key areas. SQL Server is an expensive part of your IT stack -- SQL Server Enterprise ...

Going forward, there is little question that containers have become firmly established as the technology of choice for application deployment – at least until such a time as alternative approaches ...