Microsoft today announced that SQL Server 2012 was released for purchase. The April 1 release date was announced today, perhaps to avoid the whole April Fools confusion. Microsoft describes it as ...

Microsoft rolled out a description of its SQL Server 2012 licensing model on Thursday. Microsoft's up-and-coming relational database management system (formerly code-named "Denali") promises ...

The final SQL Server 2012 service pack is now available for download. The latest official release for the half-decade-old version of Microsoft's database management system includes a rollup of all ...

The only way to get extended support for 2008 versions of Windows and SQL Server is in the cloud. Here’s why you should be thinking about 2012 migrations now as well. The release of Windows Server ...

SQL Server isn't on the kind of update schedule that characterizes Visual Studio these days, when it's unusual for two months to go by without some sort of release. But one version is getting a new ...

Custom proximity search is a new feature introduced in SQL Server 2012 Full-Text Search. It's facilitated using the NEAR operator, allowing it to be used in the CONTAINS predicate or CONTAINSTABLE ...