Among many new features, Microsoft's new database management system is well-suited for applications that require uptime and portability. With the recent release of SQL Server 2012, Microsoft is ...

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.

Contained Databases - SQL Server has long struggled with portability of databases. While it has always been easy to move data and data structures, other objects, like logins, related SQL Agent jobs ...

The latest SQL Server comes packed with support for Linux, automatic tuning and other enhancements that will enhance and simplify the use of the database platform. Today at the Microsoft Ignite ...

As we’ve come to expect from new SQL Server releases, SQL Server 2012 has so many new features that it’s impossible even to mention them all. Nearly everyone is well served, from the BI-hungry users ...

(Windows Azure SQL Database, on the other hand, is only a subset of the full SQL Server database platform). Renting a SQL Server by the hour is very appealing to a lot of customers due to the nature ...

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