SQL Server 2016 Express: The company's free SQL Server offering comes with a very basic and stripped down version of the database system, with support for just four cores.

SQL Server 2016 Standard: Microsoft is aiming this version as a lighter offering of its database management system, with support for 24 cores and basic security enhancements. SQL Server 2016 Express: ...

A step down from there is SQL Server 2016 Standard, which is limited to 24 cores, row-level security and policy-based management, support for JSON, some basic connectivity to R, and Stretch Database ...

Microsoft SQL Server 2016, the latest version of Redmond's core operational database, has reached GA. This release, which has been available in public preview for just over a year, is probably one ...

One of the long-standing differentiators between SQL Server's Enterprise Edition (EE) and Standard Edition (SE), besides price, were the large number of features available only in EE. This is also ...

Microsoft calls SQL Server 2016 the “biggest leap forward” in the 27-year evolution of the SQL Server database. As we’ll see, despite the excess of hype, the SQL Server 2016 database offers ...

Don't need an enterprise-grade database on the cloud? Microsoft offers Azure customers a low-cost, lightweight SQL server option for testing and purposes and apps.

SQL Server 2016’s June 1 release date was first announced last month, when Microsoft also confirmed most of the new features users could expect. Among the main enhancements are updateable, in ...

A step down from there is SQL Server 2016 Standard, which is limited to 24 cores, row-level security and policy-based management, support for JSON, some basic connectivity to R, and Stretch Database ...