Information in this article applies to Microsoft SQL Server 2012. The instructions for earlier versions of SQL Server, including versions 2008 and 2005, are similar.

May upgrade to SQL Server 2012 at no additional cost and Enterprise Edition server SA can be maintained through end of term. However; these servers are limited to a 20 core per server license maximum.

Microsoft is adding a brand-new business-intelligence SKU and core-based licensing to its coming SQL Server 2012 database offering due next year. Written by Mary Jo Foley, Senior Contributing ...

Other types of nonrelational data can be brought into SQL Server as well, using its built-in data connectors. SQL Server 2012 also makes it easier to build databases and applications on one server and ...

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.

Spatial queries performance improvements. SQL Server 2012 SP4 can be downloaded from the Microsoft Download Center and will be arriving soon for Visual Studio subscribers.

The final SQL Server 2012 service pack is now available for download. The latest official release for the half-decade-old version of Microsoft's database management system includes a rollup of all ...

Microsoft expects to release SQL Server 2012 in the first half of 2012. Rob Horwitz, research chair at the Directions on Microsoft independent consultancy, thinks the product may appear sometime ...