The SQL Server team is unleashing the first widespread test builds of the next version of Microsoft's database, a k a SQL Server 2008 R2 (codenamed "Kilimanjaro").

Microsoft this week posted new test versions of SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005 and the .NET Framework 2.0. Visual Studio and .NET came out in Beta 2 versions. Tightly coupled with those ...

tSQLt is a free, open-source framework for unit testing in SQL Server. By writing tSQLt test cases, developers can create fake tables and views based on production data, then compare expected ...

SQL Test is the user interface for tSQLt, the open source unit testing framework for SQL Server. From the SQL Test window, users can create test classes, view existing unit tests, execute them ...

Microsoft began taking sign ups for its SQL Azure Reporting Services public test build on the same day that rival Salesforce unveiled its plans for a cloud database of its own.

A comparison of SQL Server's throughput performance on Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS) gives the edge to Microsoft's cloud.

ALPHARETTA, Ga., Sept. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A new hub is now live for Oracle Fusion Cloud developers, consultants and technical architects. SQL4Fusion blends a developer community with a live SQL ...

Recently I wanted to test out SAN access with SQL Server while I was on the road. I wasn’t able to get access to our Data Center which runs with an IBM DS4300 SAN via Fiber Channel using a ...

Who needs extra stress in their lives? Well, here’s a tool to add stress to your SQL Server. It’s called SQLIOSim. It’s from Microsoft and it’s free. SQL Server Magazine highlighted this ...