Microsoft has just revealed its plans to brings its SQL Server database software to Linux. Although not exactly its first Linux software, SQL Server is the most significant one so far.

A database is an organized collection of structured, semi-structured or unstructured data that makes the process of managing, accessing, retrieving and updating data simple. A database helps store and ...

For clarification, at least, some of Microsoft’s SQL server’s core capabilities will be coming to Linux, with what parts being heavily influenced by demand and feedback.

Microsoft SQL Server This is an industry-standard database management system that began in 1989 with the Microsoft SQL Server 1.0, a 16-bit server for the IBM OS/2 operating system. It has been ...

Computer database software such as Microsoft's SQL Server benefits all types of businesses, as it makes recordkeeping fast, flexible and secure. SQL Server lets you disconnect a database from the ...

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According to Gartner analyst Merv Adriad, Oracle ranks first with more than 40% market share in the database software market followed by Microsoft's SQL Server with 21.5% of the market.

He said ODBC also makes it easy for the end user of applications embedded with the database to access and modify data in an ITTIA DB-SQL database. Software end-users will now be able to use standard ...

Microsoft isn't open sourcing SQL Server's code, but making it run-able on Linux is a big change for the company. Microsoft has long offered a Mac version of its Office suite and has recently ...

SQL Server and more recently, Azure SQL Database, have well-established roots. Scott Guthrie, executive vice president at Microsoft, explains why it was important to invest in an edge data store: ...