SQL Server


Microsoft Adds Office 365 Assessment Capabilities to MAP 6.0

Microsoft has added cloud assessment capabilities, including the ability to assess if a computing environment is ready to migrate to Office 365, to the free Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 6.0 (MAP 6.0), which became generally available on Monday.

Microsoft Releases CTP3 of SQL Server 'Denali'

Microsoft also released the first service pack (SP1) of the current SQL Server 2008 R2, though its announcement took a back seat to all of the WPC news this week.

For Some ISVs, Microsoft's BI Shortcomings Are an Opportunity

Microsoft ISVs Strategy Companion and SwiftKnowledge are intent on filling in the gaps in Microsoft's BI offerings, which, the two companies say, are functional enough but appeal to only a subset of potential Microsoft BI consumers.

Top 10 Microsoft Products: Partners Rate What's Most Important

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Which components of Microsoft's 350-strong product portfolio are the most important to its partners' businesses? To find the answer, we asked the partners themselves -- over 500 of them -- to pick the 10 they and their customers can't go without.

HP and Microsoft Roll Out Appliances

The two companies deliver on their $250 million, three-year pact to jointly develop integrated datacenter solutions.

Microsoft SQL Server Fast Track Data Warehouse 3.0 Debuts

Microsoft announced a new set of reference architectures designed for partners building Fast Track data warehouse products.

Next SQL Server Reaches CTP Stage

Improvements coming to Web-based data viewing, high availability and query performance.

Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse Hits Metal This Month

Release on HP hardware marks integration of technology from DATAllegro acquisition into the flagship Microsoft database technology family.

Microsoft Taps SQL Server PDW To Boost Security Forensics

Microsoft published details this month about how it used its own Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) edition of SQL Server 2008 R2 to improve the performance of its company-wide security monitoring system.

UPDATE: Microsoft SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse Hits Metal Next Month

The parallel data warehouse edition of Microsoft's SQL Server 2008 R2 solution will soon see the light of day.

SQL Server 2008 SP2 Now Available

Microsoft today released Service Pack 2 for SQL Server 2008.

Come to SQL: SQL Server Migration Assistant Updated

Microsoft offers new SQL Server migration tools for MySQL and updated tools for Access, Oracle and Sybase.

Microsoft Offers New SQL Server Migration Tools

Microsoft today updated some of its free tools to help users move to Microsoft SQL Server and released a new Oracle MySQL migration tool.

Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 5.0 Released

Microsoft last week released the next version of a free tool that provides upgrade advice for those using the company's flagship software products.

Microsoft Unveils Windows Small Business Server Previews

Microsoft on Monday announced two new "previews" to come for its Windows Small Business Server product suite.

Coming This Fall: Windows Azure Cloud Appliances

Addressing one of the key objectives of cloud computing, Microsoft today said its Windows Azure platform will be available as an appliance that can run on customer and partner premises.

Microsoft Offers Evaluation Kit for 2010 Products

Microsoft is offering a kit designed to streamline the evaluation process for orgs considering its new software products.

SQL Server 2008 R2 Released to IT Pros

Microsoft released versions of SQL Server 2008 R2 products to IT professionals on Monday.

Multi-Purpose DB Tool on Tap

Microsoft: SQL Server 2008 R2 will be generally available this month.

SQL Server 2008 R2 Hits RTM, Release in May

Microsoft today announced that SQL Server 2008 R2 has achieved release-to-manufacturing status and will be released in May worldwide.