Microsoft has released a second free service pack -- a large, recommended update -- for its popular SQL Server 2005 database application. The update makes SQL Server 2005 compatible with Microsoft's ...

Microsoft signaled the end of support today for its SQL Server 2005 product. The 10-year-old server has fallen out of Microsoft's "extended support" product lifecycle phase. SQL Server 2005 will no ...

Microsoft today noted that organizations running SQL Server 2005 have less than a year before the product's lifecycle support will come to an end. SQL Server 2005 will exit its "extended support" ...

As of 27 th Oct 2008, the latest service pack for SQL Server 2005 has been made available for Beta testing with the CTP (Community Technology Preview) program. This is good news as most customers are ...

Microsoft has released a JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) driver for SQL Server 2005, providing a way for developers to link their Java applications to Microsoft’s latest database software. The tool ...

On Monday, Microsoft announced availability of the much-anticipated beta two version of Visual Studio 2005 and the .Net Compact Framework 2.0, as well as a community technology preview of SQL Server ...

Microsoft’s support for SQL Server 2005 ends in April and just like with Server 2003, you should take the end-of-life announcements from Microsoft seriously. End-of-support is headache for CIOs, ...

Microsoft will only support SQL Server 2005 running Service Pack 2 on its upcoming Vista and Longhorn server operating systems, a move that an analyst said isn’t surprising, but shouldn’t have a ...