Microsoft plans to release seven editions of SQL Server 2008, including Enterprise, Standard, Workgroup, Web, Developer, Express and Compact 3.5. The 180-day trial version is available for ...

Microsoft is offering users on Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 a way to keep getting security updates for free after the official support period ends. Read also ...

Microsoft made SQL Server Developer Edition completely free in 2014 (it was a $50 or "have an MSDN license" before that); however, from a feature and resource utilization perspective, Developer ...

Pricing for the Linux versions of Microsoft R Server are in line with the SQL Server 2014 Enterprise cores. For more information contact your local Microsoft Account Team or Microsoft Reseller for ...

As for SQL Server for Linux, this is being penciled in for a tentative mid-2017 launch date. Microsoft already started showing off early-stage versions for SQL Server for Linux earlier this month.

Microsoft hasn’t announced when it expects to ship SQL Server 2022, but it’s common for new releases to arrive around the time of Microsoft Ignite, which is at the end of October this year.

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.