General availability on newer Linux distributions and CU1 signal a push toward stability, security and production readiness.

On April 16, Microsoft plans to begin the first cumulative update that will roll up all of the relevant database fixes and updates. These "cumulative updates" will be provided every two months. "We ...

Once SQL Server 2017 is released, it will also arrive with a faster update release pace. Microsoft unveiled SQL Server 2017 this week at its Ignite event, indicating that new database management ...

Overview On January 14, NSFOCUS CERT detected that Microsoft released the January Security Update patch, which fixed 112 security issues involving widely used products such as Windows, Microsoft ...

Microsoft on Monday announced a couple of SQL Server changes, including a change to the delivery schedule for cumulative updates (CUs), along with a change to how slipstreamed media will work for new ...

Microsoft provided "performance, scalability and diagnostics improvements" in this week's release of SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 3 (SP3). The company's announcement of the release comes about two ...

Microsoft recently unveiled some SQL Server servicing changes affecting SQL Server 2017 and newer editions, including the upcoming SQL Server 2019, which just reached the preview stage last month.

Less than a month after the first public preview of SQL Server 2016, Microsoft has released an update that for the first time puts the flagship relational database into "rapid preview" cadence. The ...