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Microsoft SQL Server

-is a relational database
management system developed by
Microsoft.
-As a database server, it is a
software product with the primary
function of storing and retrieving data
as requested by other software
applications

Developer:
Initial release:
Developer(s)

Initial release

Latest release:
Stable release

Development status:
Development status
Written in:
Written in

Operating system:
Operating system

Microsoft
April24, 1989; 27
years ago, as SQL
Microsoft 1.0
Server

April24, 1989; 27 years ago, as

SQL Server 1.0

SQL Server 2016 /

June1,
SQL Server 2016
2016 / June1, 2016; 5
months ago
Active
Active
C, C++
C, C++[1]
Microsoft
Windows,
Microsoft Windows,
Windows Server,
Linux (beta
in
Windows
Server,
Linux
March 2016, "availability in mid2017")

Available in:
Available in

English, Chinese,
French, German,
Italian, Japanese,
Korean,
Portuguese
English, Chinese,
French, German,
(Brazil),
Russian,
Italian, Japanese, Korean,
Spanish
andRussian,
Portuguese (Brazil),
.
Spanish and Indonesian
Indonesian
Relational database management
Relational
system
Proprietary
software
database
www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/
management
system
Proprietary
software
[3]

Type
License
Website
Type:

License:

HISTORY
The history of Microsoft SQL Server begins
with the first Microsoft SQL Server product SQL Server 1.0, a 16-bit server for the OS/2
operating system in 1989 - and extends to
the current day.
As of October 2016 the following versions
are supported by Microsoft:
SQL Server 2008 R2
SQL Server 2012
SQL Server 2014
SQL Server 2016
The current version is Microsoft SQL Server
2016, SQL is supported on x64 processors

Editions
Microsoft makes SQL Server available in multiple editions,
with different feature sets and targeting different users. These
editions are:

Mainstream editions
Enterprise
- includes both the core database engine and add-on
services, with a range of tools for creating and
managing a SQL Server cluster.

Standard
- includes the core database engine, along with the
stand-alone services. It differs from Enterprise edition in
that it supports fewer active instances (number of
nodes in a cluster) and does not include some highavailability functions such as hot-add memory and
parallel indexes.

 Web
SQL Server Web Edition is a low-TCO option for Web
hosting.

Business Intelligence
- It includes the Standard Edition capabilities and
Business Intelligence tools. SQL Server Workgroup
Edition includes the core database functionality but
does not include the additional services.
Express
- a scaled down, free edition of SQL Server, which
includes the core database engine. While there are no
limitations on the number of databases or users
supported, it is limited to using one processor, 1 GB
memory and 10 GB database files.

Specialized editions

Azure
- is the cloud-based version of Microsoft SQL
Server, presented as a platform as a service offering
on Microsoft Azure.
Compact (SQL CE)
- is an embedded database engine which is
based on SQL Mobile (initially designed for use with
hand-held devices) and does not share the same
binaries. It is limited to 4GB maximum database size
and cannot be run as a Windows service.
Developer
- includes the same features as SQL Server
Enterprise Edition, but is limited by the license to be
only used as a development and test system, and not
as production server.

 Embedded (SSEE)
- a specially configured named instance of the SQL
Server Express database engine which can be accessed
only by certain Windows Services.
Evaluation
- also known as the Trial Edition, has all the features of
the Enterprise Edition, but is limited to 180 days.
Fast Track
-is specifically for enterprise-scale data warehousing
storage and business intelligence processing, and runs on
reference-architecture hardware that is optimized for Fast
Track.

LocalDB
- is a minimal, on-demand, version of SQL Server that
is designed for application developers. It can also be used
as an embedded database.
Analytics Platform System (APS)
- Formerly Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW); A
massively parallel processing (MPP) SQL Server
appliance optimized for large-scale data warehousing
such as hundreds of terabytes.

Datawarehouse Appliance Edition

- Pre-installed and configured as part of an appliance in
partnership with Dell & HP base on the Fast Track
architecture.

 Discontinued editions
MSDE
- Microsoft SQL Server Data Engine ; Intended for use as an
application component, it did not include GUI management
tools.
Personal Edition
- Had workload or connection limits like MSDE, but no
database size limit. Includes standard management tools
intended for use as a mobile.
Datacenter
- a full-featured edition of SQL Server and is designed for
datacenters that need high levels of application support and
scalability.