Microsoft has released a new preview version of a tool that enables users of the MySQL database to migrate to Microsoft's SQL Server.

Oracle is making a fresh run at Microsoft’s SQL Server, claiming on Tuesday that its open-source MySQL database offers up to 90 percent cost savings over SQL Server along with blazing ...

The Microsoft SQL Database admin created an "image" type to replace my MySQL "blob" type. It worked fine.<BR><BR>Peter, I tried storing RTF in a text field a while back.

Azure SQL Database Managed Instance, which provides customers with a Microsoft-managed version of SQL Server running in the cloud, is now available in public preview.

Hackers target poorly secured Microsoft SQL and MySQL database servers to deploy the Gh0stCringe remote access trojans on vulnerable devices.

That’s because Microsoft also today launched a new migration service that allows developers to take their third-party and SQL Server databases and move them to Azure SQL Database.

On August 12, Microsoft made available the first version of a tool designed to help customers migrate from MySQL to SQL Server and/or SQL Azure.

It is not unprecedented for a database company that competes with Microsoft SQL Server to pledge allegiance to Microsoft's toolset. Oracle and Sybase have done so.

Oracle isn't going to give up on its acquisition of MySQL because MySQL is a strategic wedge for it against Microsoft.

Microsoft SQL Server vs. MySQL: Similarities Both Microsoft and MySQL are relational database platforms, so they have several similarities. Most developers specialize in either one or the other ...

Oracle is making a fresh run at Microsoft's SQL Server, claiming on Tuesday that its open-source MySQL database offers up to 90 percent cost savings over SQL Server along with blazing performance ...