Microsoft has released some details on SQL Server 2012 licensing prior to the product's release April 1, with pricing for some Enterprise editions expected to be higher. Final pricing calculations ...

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 ...

SQL Server 2012 licensing price details are just beginning to take shape as Microsoft prepares to release the product on April 1. Final pricing calculations still await Microsoft's release of its ...

Microsoft is changing the pricing and SKUs for the upcoming version of SQL Server, its flagship database. The changes include deletion of some old editions, and a new way of counting compute power. In ...

Under Microsoft's new pricing structure, it's about to get a lot more expensive for some businesses to use SQL Server. The increased fees are mostly due to Microsoft's move from using processors to ...

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 ...

Brien M. Posey is a freelance technical writer who has contributed to dozens of books and is a six-time Microsoft MVP award winner. SQL Server 2005 reaches its end-of-life milestone on April 12, the ...

Microsoft is giving its Cloud Solution Provider partners full access to Azure Reserved Virtual Machine Instances (RI), the company said Thursday. Microsoft also revealed that CSPs will be able to sell ...

I am a techie, so I am interested in technology. I love to evaluate new features, new gadgets, new technology. I am less interested in actually paying for it, mainly because I am cheap. I am even less ...