Towards the end of 2016, Microsoft released the first public preview of SQL Server on Linux after having attracted interest from over 8,000 companies who had signed up to try out the new offering. Now ...

Microsoft today is announcing new capabilities for running applications in containers — an alternative to more traditional virtual machines — both on its Azure public cloud and in companies’ ...

If you haven’t been paying a lot of attention, you might have missed the rise of a new form of virtualization, based at the operating system level, called “containers.” While there are many specific ...

Going forward, there is little question that containers have become firmly established as the technology of choice for application deployment – at least until such a time as alternative approaches ...

Microsoft on Monday announced the general availability of SQL Server 2017, now with support for Linux, at its Ignite conference in Orlando. The company first announced its plans for the newest ...

Today, at its Ignite conference in Orlando, Microsoft is announcing the general availability of a new version of its flagship operational database, SQL Server 2017. SQL Server is a product I have ...

The beta program is being put on ice for the "foreseeable future." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Microsoft's SQL Server on ...

Developers have seen quite a bit of success using Microsoft's .NET Framework for well over 15 years, with countless business-critical apps running on older versions of the Framework and older versions ...