SQL Server Magazine

Microsoft Delays SQL Server 2008. So What?

Microsoft is delaying SQL Server 2008 until the third quarter of 2008. So what does that really mean?

Paul’s Picks

SQL Server 2008 and Windows XP SP3 releases will quicken your pulse—XP SP3 aggregates all of the previously released XP fixes and releases; and SQL Server 2008 moves SQL Server users into a new world of non-relational data.

A Look at Microsoft SQL Server 2008

The next version of SQL Server, dubbed SQL Server 2008, will launch in February 2008 and will offer large gains in performance and scalability.

Microsoft Details the Next Version of SQL Server

This week in Seattle, at its first-ever Microsoft Business Intelligence Conference, Microsoft announced the first broad details about the next version of SQL Server, code-named Katmai.

What You Need to Know About 2007-2008 Microsoft Windows Server Technologies

The next two years will be quite significant for Windows Server technologies. Paul Thurrott examines Windows Server 2003, Windows Home Server, Windows Centro Mid-Market Server, Windows Server Longhorn, and Windows Server virtualization.

Lining Up the Products

Which Visual Studio 2005 edition is right for you? This overview of each edition’s features can help you narrow your selection.

What You Need to Know About SQL Server Everywhere

A new version of SQL Server 2005 is aimed at Windows Mobile PDAs and smartphones and Windows-based portable computers. But does its portability offset its limitations?

What You Need to Know About Microsoft Antigen

The first round of Microsoft-branded Sybari antivirus products are ready to hit the market. Find out how Microsoft improved on these products, what they have to offer, and Microsoft's future plans for this product line.

What You Need to Know About Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2

Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 includes some much-needed security and management improvements, WSUS, and a special Technology Upgrade Program. Find out what this means to you.

What you need to know about Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager

The market for continuous data protection products is starting to heat up. Paul Thurrott revisits DPM (formerly Data Protection Server—DPS) now that he has some experience deploying and managing a DPM server.

Paul's Picks

Paul reviews WinFS Beta 1 and Vista Virtual Folders.

Microsoft to Add Business Intelligence to Office 12

Microsoft Makes its First Midmarket Move

Microsoft finally addresses the midsized business maket with a new software bundle.

Microsoft Tackles Medium Businesses

While Microsoft is well known for its enterprise-class software solutions and for Windows Small Business Server 2003, which targets small businesses, the company had curiously ignored the critical mid-sized business market until this week.

SQL Server Heads to the Workgroup, Gets a Price Increase

Microsoft's oft-delayed SQL Server 2005 family of products will finally ship mid-year, the company said this week, but it will bring with it a new product lineup and higher prices. For starters, Microsoft is adding a Workgroup Edition of SQL Server. But

WinInfo Daily UPDATE, February 24, 2005

The oft-delayed Microsoft SQL Server 2005 family of products will finally ship midyear, the company announced this week, and it will feature a new product lineup and higher prices.

Oracle Finally Snags PeopleSoft for $10.3 Billion

After 18 months of haggling, legal battles, and bad press, database giant Oracle finally closed the deal to purchase rival PeopleSoft for $10.3 billion. PeopleSoft's board, which had resisted previous overtures from Oracle, finally agreed to the deal

Microsoft Issues 2nd SQL Server 2005 Public Beta

On Friday, Microsoft issued its second Community Technology Preview (CTP) release of SQL Server 2005, while providing public testers with a new beta release as well, SQL Server 2005 Express Manager, a new, free database management tool. The SQL Server

Microsoft Ships SQL Server 2005 Beta 2

Microsoft today shipped its oft-delayed SQL Server 2005 (codenamed Yukon) Beta 2 today, with the company adding a host of previously announced features to the product. SQL Server 2005 will ship in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions, the company says, and

WinInfo Daily UPDATE, July 26, 2004

Microsoft announced this morning that Longhorn, the company's next-generation OS, will include support for High Definition DVD (HD-DVD), the video-playback format that's expected to succeed DVD.