Microsoft is using these capabilities internally as it builds, tests and publishes new versions of SQL Server 2017, revealed Petrossian.

Microsoft announced this week that a faster update release pace will be coming to its newly announced SQL Server 2017 product.

The latest SQL Server comes packed with support for Linux, automatic tuning and other enhancements that will enhance and simplify the use of the database platform.

Moreover, the SQL Server team is sticking with the more traditional "CU" and "GDR" Microsoft nomenclature for describing updates, instead of using the newer "channels" lingo. The delivery of CUs to ...

SQL Server 2017 Meets Linux, Docker Microsoft announced that SQL Server 2017, the latest release of its flagship database, will be generally available on October 2.

Microsoft Ignite: SQL Server 2017 for Linux goes live; or Windows, if you want The preview Docker image has already been fetched 2 million times.

Microsoft's recently released SQL Server 2017 is off to a strong start, and the company looks to keep the momentum going with new tools and blistering performance.

Review: SQL Server 2017 adds Python, graph processing and runs on Linux Integration of Python for data science, graph processing for NoSQL-like functionality, and it runs on Linux as well as Windows.

Back in 2016, when Microsoft announced that SQL Server would soon run on Linux, the news came as a major surprise to users and pundits alike. Over the course of the last year, Microsoft’s ...