SQL Server 2016 will have the longest support period of those server products. The support is thought to end sometime in 2024, making it a good bet for SQL Server 2005 migrations.

We particularly liked the scripting capabilities within SQL Server 2005, with which we could write and reuse scripts through templates that allowed us to pass parameters from the command line.

It’s not an unexpected development, as SQL Server 2005 has been in the “extended support” phase of its lifecycle since April 2011. But as with its other server products approaching end of ...

SQL Server 2005 reaches its end-of-life milestone on April 12, the day on which Microsoft ceases support for the database. While most public-sector organizations have already migrated critical systems ...

Today, we can find out automatically what we need to audit,” said Castilhos. “So while security and compliance are important, migrating off SQL Server 2005 also makes our jobs easier by letting us ...

The company claims that SQL Server 2014 is "13 times faster than SQL Server 2005." Migration Costs The migration to SQL Server 2012 or SQL Server 2014 won't be cheap.

With just a short amount of time to go until Microsoft officially kills off SQL Server 2005—i.e., no more hotfixes or security updates—the installed base of 800,000 to more than 2 million ...

At best, SQL Server 2005 has been relegated to simple report generation on noncritical data. But if it hasn’t, there’s good news and not-so-good news.

For more information, see 'Creating Full-Text Indexes,' 'CREATE FULLTEXT CATALOG (Transact-SQL),' and 'ALTER FULLTEXT CATALOG (Transact-SQL)' in SQL Server 2005 Books Online at this Microsoft Web site ...

This is good news as most customers are waiting on an upgrade decision for SQL Server 2008 but still want the latest updates for 2005. It’s almost been a year since SP2 so this is well overdue.

Arthur Fuller recounts his less-than-smooth installation of SQL Server 2005 Express Edition and offers a few suggestions based on what he learned along the way.

Microsoft has released a second free service pack -- a large, recommended update -- for its popular SQL Server 2005 database application. The update makes SQL Server 2005 compatible with Microsoft ...