On Tuesday Microsoft announced the release to manufacturing for SQL Server 2012 as well as an "evaluation version" for download, with general availability coming April 1. With this release, Microsoft ...

Microsoft apparently skipped a beta and produced a "feature complete" version of its newest SQL Server 2012 relational database management system based on feedback from its community test preview 3 ...

The release candidate (RC) version of SQL Server 2012 is now available for download and testing. Microsoft apparently skipped a beta and produced this "feature complete" version of its newest ...

While SQL Server 2008 was little more than a service-pack level upgrade, the 2012 version of Microsoft’s database has a boatload of new features and delivers solid performance improvements.