Yup, you read that right. Microsoft is making SQL Server, its popular Windows Server-based database, available for the open source Linux operating system. Scott Guthrie, executive vice president for ...

When Wim Coekaerts, Microsoft's vice president for open source, took the stage at LinuxCon 2016 in Toronto last summer, he came not as an adversary, but as a longtime Linux enthusiast promising to ...

The battle between Microsoft (MSFT) and Oracle (ORCL) in the database market continues to intensify. Recently, Microsoft made an important announcement about making its SQL Server database available ...

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Support authentication with Managed Identity for Azure Key Vault See Using Always Encrypted with the ODBC Driver. Support for additional Azure Key Vault endpoints See Using Always Encrypted with the ...

Microsoft SQL Server installation is simple when system requirements and edition choices are planned.Choosing the right authentication mode, such as ...

::: moniker range="= sql-server-linux-2017 || = sql-server-2017" This tutorial demonstrates how to move and restore a SQL Server backup file into a SQL Server 2017 Linux container image running on ...

Microsoft is porting SQL Server to Linux and is making a private preview of it available to testers today, March 7. Microsoft's plan is to make SQL Server generally available on Linux by mid-2017, ...

Microsoft can now hold out the promise to anyone who migrates: in a short time, you will be able to run SQL Server on Linux too. And there is much to be gained in terms of money. Further, given Oracle ...

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