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 roadmap shift on Monday, indicating that it will focus on supporting the Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) approach for SQL Server application programming interfaces (APIs) in ...

Stephen Walli, the former Microsoft exec turned open-source proponent, is at it again.This time, the former Softie is making a case for why Microsoft should consider open-sourcing some of its ...

Microsoft loves to tell us it loves Linux. And we know it has made its Azure cloud hospitable to open source operating systems and programming languages. But what about the database layer ...

Learn how to install and configure SQL Server Management Studio, download a SQL Server, and connect them on a Windows 11/10/Server computer..

Some of the best open source SQL Clients for Database Management are Sqlectron, SQuirrel SQL client, SQL Chat, OmniDB, HeidiSQL,Falcon, etc.

On the Windows Server running the SQL Server-instance: Open "SQL Server configuration manager" Expand "SQL Server network configuration", and select "Protocols for {instance name}" Ensure that TCP/IP ...

5. Restart sql server and the sql server agent by opening a command prompt and typing net stop mssqlserver and net start msssqlserver.