Microsoft has been releasing newer versions of SQL with greater frequency, prompting DBAs to constantly ask themselves: “Is it time to upgrade?” Once that answer is yes, they have a lot of information ...

I have an installation of Sharepoint Foundation 2010 with a SQL 2010 Express backend on a 2008 server. We need to overcome the 10GB/database limit of SQL Express and so we're going to upgrade to SQL ...

Many considerations go into evaluating whether it is time to implement an upgrade to a new version of SQL Server. You need to think about socket vs. core licensing ...

While SQL Server 2008 was little more than a service-pack level upgrade, the 2012 version of Microsoft’s database has a boatload of new features and delivers solid performance improvements.

SQL Server 2012 is no longer a supported product, Microsoft announced on Tuesday. The product, on July 12, 2022, reached the end of its 10-year support model. It means that SQL Server 2012 will no ...

Microsoft has reminded Windows Server 2012 and SQL Server 2012 users that the products will reach their extended support end dates during the next two years, urging them to update to avoid security ...