Microsoft's next version of SQL Server is available in public preview form for both Linux and Windows. Microsoft also is introducing SQL Server 2016 SP1.

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is warning of “active attacks” targeting its SharePoint server software, used widely by government agencies and businesses to share documents internally.

The hacker, who posted his name as “rEmOtEr,” used a SQL injection attack to exploit a programming snafu and gain unauthorized access to a database that supports the Web site, Halbheer said.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is warning of “active attacks” targeting its SharePoint server software, used widely by government agencies and businesses to share documents internally. The company ...