SQL Advisor Free Alternatives to SQL Server Management Studio There are some nifty, better-than-SSMS tools that cost nothing to use. One of them is already in your toolbox and you might not know it.

As part of the SQL Server 2016 launch event, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced a commercial database promotion that provides customers with free licenses if you are running a competitor’s ...

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

Microsoft gave users another reason to download its free SQL Server Reporting Services add-on when it acquired small, privately held ActiveViews. Actually, “small” in this context is something ...

Microsoft has offered the download of SQL Server 2008 with advanced services for FREE, but only suitable for learning and building desktop and small server applications, and for redistribution by ...

Microsoft is enabling its free SQL CE (SQL Server Compact Edition) database to work within ASP.Net Web applications, thus providing a lightweight database option for ASP.Net Web development, a ...

“Free” is a term rarely associated with Microsoft offerings, especially at the server end of the spectrum. Exchange Server, SQL Server, SharePoint, Hyper-V — IT admins know functionality ...

Microsoft today announced that its next SQL Server version will hit general availability status on June 1.

Idera, a leading provider of application and server management solutions, today announced the release of Idera SQL Integrity Check, a free tool that detects SQL Server database corruption issues.

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.