SQL Server is Microsoft’s flagship database product and has been in use for more than a decade. Microsoft’s SQL Server 2016 provides a comprehensive high-end database solution — a complete ...

While the last two versions of SQL Server focused on improving performance by offering new features, SQL Server 2016 looks inwards towards improving existing functionality.

SQL Server 2016 RC3 comes just weeks after the company announced and released RC2 at the beginning of the month during its Build 2016 conference in San Francisco.

Microsoft SQL Server 2016, the latest version of Redmond's core operational database, has reached GA. This release, which has been available in public preview for just over a year, is probably one ...

The Linux version of Microsoft SQL Server 2016 v.Next is a viable option for customers who want to deploy the RDBMS on an open source platform, but the early previews lack some features of the ...

Microsoft announced late last week that the final SQL Server 2016 release candidate is now available.

Microsoft is inching closer to rolling out SQL Server 2016, with the near-final release candidate due out any day now.

As part of the SQL Server 2016 launch event, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced a commercial database promotion that provides customers with free licenses if you are running a competitor’s ...

Non-clustered Columnstore Indexes are also getting some enhancements in SQL Server 2016. The most notable of these enhancements is the ability to be updated.

SQL Server 2016 offers migration assistance that provides a straightforward method for migrating on-premises databases to the Azure cloud platform, making an easy transition for agencies ready to move ...

Dino Esposito explains JSON-to-rowset native support in SQL Server 2016 and provides a realistic perspective of data query when you have JSON data stored in the database.