The SQL Server team is unleashing the first widespread test builds of the next version of Microsoft's database, a k a SQL Server 2008 R2 (codenamed "Kilimanjaro").

tSQLt is a free, open-source framework for unit testing in SQL Server. By writing tSQLt test cases, developers can create fake tables and views based on production data, then compare expected ...

The Katmai TAP tests commence in June 2007. All testing will be done in secret, according to the original TechNet post. When is SQL Server Katmai due to ship?

Anyone have any ideas about how to simulate real-world scenarios in a dev environment? Specifically regarding SQL Server. To get a good picture of real-world performance behaviors (locking ...

Microsoft this month described a test service designed to help SQL Azure users monitor the security of their databases housed in Microsoft's cloud.

Test-Drive SQL Server Data Services Microsoft readies its new "cloud database" by hosting beta versions of REST and SOAP protocols for performing CRUD operations on clustered, customized SQL Server ...

SQL Server 2017 beta release includes some new authentication, security and machine learning enhancements.

Microsoft this week posted new test versions of SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005 and the .NET Framework 2.0. Visual Studio and .NET came out in Beta 2 versions. Tightly coupled with those ...

I have sort of an odd situation. I have a lot of distributed machines working on a simulation. They each start out with their own work, process it, and eventually put it into a SQL database ...

I have been testing SQL Server 2005 SP3 CTP this week. This Beta version of SP3, which is due out for official release before the end of the year, includes all of the previous cumulative updates ...