The forthcoming launch of SQL Server 2008 will see Microsoft focus its considerable resources on the issue of licensing, to win customers from rivals Oracle and IBM. "Our challenge, now (that) we have ...

In the complex and frustrating world of virtualization licensing, Microsoft has had its ups and downs and caused its fair share of IT aggravation. Licensing Microsoft products in a physical world has ...

Enterprises can now bring existing SQL Server licenses to Amazon RDS, making it easier to move operational data closer to AWS analytics and agentic AI services. Licensing can be complicated, ...

Microsoft's relational database engine has had the same licensing model since 2012. The new version released this week brings significant changes that brings SQL Server closer to Azure SQL's licensing ...

OK, I've been told that we want some of our data to be publicly accessible via the web. Setting it up is easy, but I have no idea about SQL licensing in this situation. I know IIS doesn't require a ...

Analysts say Redmond still has billions of reasons to keep backing its flagship DBMS, even as Azure, Postgres, and AI hog the ...