Microsoft is releasing a public preview of the next version of its SQL Server database, which will work on Linux and Windows, both. Microsoft released a private preview of SQL Server for Linux in ...

"It's really about choice," Rohan Kumar, Microsoft's General Manager, Database Systems, told me yesterday as he briefed me on the new offerings. Kumar further explained: "if you're a developer, you ...

This month’s collection of fixes from Microsoft includes 86 patches — but at least there were no zero-day bugs.

Microsoft has suspended its SQL Server on Windows Container beta “with immediate effect”, citing ecosystem challenges. Microsoft senior program manager Amit Khandelwal said: “Due to the existing ...

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 ...

Microsoft's continued focus on SQL Server 2025 highlights the lasting demand for on-premises and hybrid deployments that prioritize performance, control and flexibility for enterprise workloads. In ...

Microsoft September 2025 Patch Tuesday fixes 81 vulnerabilities including two zero-days in Windows SMB and SQL Server ...

The Microsoft OLE DB Provider is an SQL tool that enables developers to write code that provides an application with ADO access to an SQL database. The OLE DB Provider is not installed by default when ...

Overview On September 10, NSFOCUS CERT detected that Microsoft released the September Security Update patch, fixing 86 security issues involving widely used products such as Windows, Microsoft Office, ...

When trying to install SolidWorks on a Windows computer, you may encounter an issue when the installation is trying to install Microsoft SQL Server. So, the installation works fine until it reaches ...