Microsoft Corp. today announced new cloud-hosted versions of its SQL Server database service as two older on-premises varieties finally will see the end of extended support Tuesday. Having ...

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Microsoft has announced new cloud-hosted versions of its SQL Server database service. Support for two older on premise variants was discontinued today.

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