IT departments face many migration challenges, but these issues shouldn’t prevent upgrades from proceeding, says independent IT consultant Anil Desai. SQL Server 2005, he says, “is still a great ...

For example, the Michigan Department of Technology Management and Budget began upgrading from SQL Server 2005 about a year ago, says Kirt Berwald, a general manager with the department in a StateTech ...

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 ...

Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna, and ...

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 ...

Microsoft will end support for SQL Server 2005 on April 12, forcing users to switch to another SQL Server version or put themselves at risk for security breaches. For those ready to make the switch, ...

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.

Microsoft has released a JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) driver for SQL Server 2005, providing a way for developers to link their Java applications to Microsoft’s latest database software.