The latest SQL Server comes packed with support for Linux, automatic tuning and other enhancements that will enhance and simplify the use of the database platform.

Many thought it was an early April Fool's Day prank, but it was no joke: On March 7, 2016, Microsoft announced the beta release of SQL Server on Linux with the intention of shipping a full release of ...

The company said Monday it plans to release a version of SQL Server, one of its most successful business-software products, for the Linux operating system.

Last week, Microsoft dropped a bomb: In 2017, its incredibly popular SQL Server database product is coming to Linux — a free operating system that the company spent many years trying to drive ...

Microsoft is trying to grab Oracle enterprise database users with a new migration offer for SQL Server 2016.

While it fleshes out its SQL Server on Linux strategy, Microsoft is moving ahead with SQL Server 2016 for Windows, which is now at the Release Candidate 1 stage.

Whether users actually want to run SQL Server on Linux is another question entirely. Oracle's flagship database software is still far more popular than Microsoft's, and open source alternatives ...