So why didn’t they just call it SQL Server 2010? Yesterday’s USA Today posed the same question: “Microsoft marketing executives recently made a major gaffe by naming the newest version of its database ...

After the misery that was 2009, most of the SQL Server users I talk to are happy that 2010 started in languid fashion. Not that there isn't a lot of work to do; on the contrary, there's more work than ...

Let’s look back at this week in Microsoft news: Office 2010, SharePoint 2010 go RTM: Office 2010 has hit the RTM stage. Retail availability should begin in June, and Software Assurance and Volume ...

Microsoft said it looked at all options before deciding to retain an updated version of the much-maligned Jet database in the next version of its Exchange e-mail server. Microsoft Corp. today ...

SharePoint 2010 will require a 64-bit version of SQL Server and it will not support Internet Explorer 6, according to Microsoft. At the company’s annual TechEd ...