SQL Server 2014 is available for download today as a 180-day free trial version through Microsoft's TechNet Evaluation Center here. Also reaching general availability today is the SQL Server Backup to ...

SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 3 (SP3) was announced on Wednesday, about two years after the release of SP2. SP3 is a cumulative update, which means that it'll upgrade "all editions and service levels ...

Microsoft's SQL Server evolution. Microsoft is claiming a five-times data compression improvement in its in-memory column-store index technology in SQL Server 2014. Buffer extension support was added ...

Microsoft provided 'performance, scalability and diagnostics improvements' in this week's release of SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 3.

If you haven't installed SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 1, keep it that way. If you have installed the service pack, you may be regretting it. Microsoft pulled it last week after install errors surfaced ...

In addition to SQL Server 2014, Microsoft debuted its Analytics Platform System (APS), pitching it as an appliance for customers that need to do queries spanning SQL Server and Hadoop.

Microsoft on Wednesday announced the release of SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 3 (SP3).

Microsoft's SQL Server 2014 is slated to deliver in-memory OLTP capabilities, plus a handful of other new and enhanced database features early next year.

Just in case you missed the latest news from Microsoft, SQL Server 2014 has finally gone RTM (Released to Manufacturing). I’ve been telling you about the new features planned for this release since ...