SQL Server 2014 and the SQL Server Backup to Microsoft Azure Tool both hit their 'general availability' milestones today.

SQL Server 2014 is available for download today as a 180-day free trial version through Microsoft's TechNet Evaluation Center here. Licensing Changes The new licensing changes in SQL Server 2014 will ...

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Microsoft's partners are now selling Extended Security Updates for SQL Server 2014 as of this month, per this announcement.

Dell said it features the new SQL Performance Investigator for workload analytics. Another updated tool is LiteSpeed for SQL Server 8.0 for backup and recovery, now supporting the Amazon S3 storage ...

The SQL Server sprawl encompasses physical deployment options as well. SQL Server 2014 offers rich integration with Windows Azure (Microsoft's cloud platform), ranging from hybrid scenarios where ...

Don't need an enterprise-grade database on the cloud? Microsoft offers Azure customers a low-cost, lightweight SQL server option for testing and purposes and apps.