Microsoft plans to make all four editions of SQL Server 2016 generally available to all customers on June 1, 2016.

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 ...

Microsoft's latest database platform arrived on schedule on Wednesday. SQL Server 2016, which has been in different forms of closed and public testing over the last year, makes huge improvements ...

Microsoft's SQL Server 2016 will be available for commercial use on June 1, giving companies access to a bunch of new features.

A new, more analytics-friendly version of Microsoft's flagship database hit the streets today. SQL Server 2016, which has been in different forms of closed and public testing over the last year, makes ...

Microsoft calls SQL Server 2016 the “biggest leap forward” in the 27-year evolution of the SQL Server database. As we’ll see, despite the excess of hype, the SQL Server 2016 database offers ...

Now with SQL Server 2016, Microsoft has implemented an “Always Encrypted” option which includes end-to-end encryption without the need for application code changes therefore giving us a best ...

Microsoft’s announcement that it was bringing its flagship SQL Server database software to Linux came as a major surprise when the company first announced this in March. Until now, the preview ...

At the recently concluded Ignite conference, Microsoft announced SQL Server 2016 and revealed that the first public preview of the software would be landing as soon as this summer.

Back in 2016, when Microsoft announced that SQL Server would soon run on Linux, the news came as a major surprise to users and pundits alike. Over the course of the last year, Microsoft’s ...

SQL Server 2016 will come in four editions: Enterprise, Standard, Developer and Express. The latter two will be available for free, similar to what Microsoft offered with SQL Server 2014.