The next-generation edition of Microsoft's flagship relational database system, SQL Server 2017, took a step closer to general availability with this week's launch of the first Release Candidate.

Microsoft released SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 2 this week. The SP2 release goes by the "RTM" (release to manufacturing) nomenclature, according to Microsoft's announcement.

Patch Tuesday fixes 137 vulnerabilities, including critical flaws in SQL Server, Netlogon, Office, and the .NET Framework.

Microsoft inched even closer to Hadoop at the PASS Summit 2011, held in Seattle this week, and announced a few product name changes along the way.

Also released this week are SQL Server 2012 SP2 Report Builder, which supports report publishing and data visualizations, and SQL Server 2012 SP2 Feature Pack, which provides the latest tools and ...

The venerable relational database management system is now feature-complete, with support for Linux and containers running on Linux and Mac OS X, and it's available as a release candidate this week.

The company is reminding organizations that as of April 12, it will no longer be supporting database management system SQL Server 2005 – which, despite its age, Microsoft estimates is still used ...