Microsoft expects to release SQL Server 2012 in the first half of 2012. Rob Horwitz , research chair at the Directions on Microsoft independent consultancy, thinks the product may appear sometime ...

Microsoft is adding a brand-new business-intelligence SKU and core-based licensing to its coming SQL Server 2012 database offering due next year.

Microsoft’s SQL Server 2012, the latest version of its SQL Server platform, is in many ways a response to the demands of the cloud and “big data” applications.. SQL Server has evolved from its humble ...

The launch date for SQL Server 2012 is out of the bag: It's March 7. On the SQL Server 2012 Launch site, Microsoft is featuring the agenda of the Webcast timed to coincide with launch. (Launch, as ...

Microsoft recently released a new document, "SQL Server 2012 Licensing Quick Reference Guide" , that provides a more nuanced picture about how to assess the coming licensing costs.

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.

Microsoft has released some details on SQL Server 2012 licensing prior to the product's release April 1, with pricing for some Enterprise editions expected to be higher. Final pricing calculations ...

Redmond also revealed today that Microsoft SQL Server 2012, the company's relational database management system, will be retired on July 12, 2022, ten years after its release in May 2012.

As SQL Server 2012 is coming in the early parts of next year, it’s high time that we all knew what was inside. Happily, Microsoft has dropped that information.

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 will handle virtualization under two options: License individual virtual machines (either by server/CAL or by core) Remember, there is a minimum of 4 core licenses per ...

Microsoft’s SQL Server 2012, the latest version of its SQL Server platform, is in many ways a response to the demands of the cloud and “big data” applications.SQL Server has evolved from its humble ...