Windows Server 2016, not likely to arrive until the second half of next year, is going to shake up the way Microsoft licenses its server operating system, moving away from per socket licensing to per ...

Die Desktop-Experience ist der Einsatz des Microsoft-Serverbetriebssystems als Server. Man bekommt also das traditionelle Windows-Layout, Nutzer können über Maus oder Tastatur auf die Menüs zugreifen.

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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 of ...

Microsoft last week announced it will switch the licensing for next year’s Windows Server 2016 to a per-processor-core basis, a move analysts said is at least partly a grab for more revenue.

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 platform ...

Windows Server Core ist eine minimale Installationsoption für das Windows Server-Betriebssystem (OS), die keine GUI hat und nur die Komponenten enthält, die zum Ausführen von Serverrollen und ...

Microsoft on Monday announced that its SQL Server 2016 database system will be coming to the Linux platform. "This will enable SQL Server to deliver a consistent data platform across Windows Server ...

SQL Server, Microsoft’s flagship relational database product, is now available on Linux in the form of an early private preview, with a full launch planned for mid-2017. Until now, SQL Server was ...

Google is expanding support of Windows Server and SQL Server on the Google Cloud Platform with the goal of making its cloud "the best enterprise cloud environment." On February 1, Google made ...

When in March this year Microsoft announced that it was bringing SQL Server to Linux the reaction was one of surprise, with the announcement prompting two big questions: why and how? SQL Server is one ...