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Microsoft SQL Server

family of database software by Microsoft

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Developer: Microsoft
Initial release: April 24, 1989 ; 37 years ago ( 1989-04-24 ) , as SQL Server 1.0
Stable release: SQL Server 2025 (RTM/GA 17.0.1000.7) / 18 November 2025 ; 6 months ago ( 18 November 2025 )
Written in: C , C++
Operating system: Linux , Microsoft Windows Server , Microsoft Windows
Available in: English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish and Indonesian
Type: Relational database management system
License: Proprietary software
Website: www .microsoft .com /sql-server

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Microsoft SQL Server is a proprietary relational database management system developed by Microsoft using Structured Query Language (SQL, often pronounced "sequel"). As a database server, it is a software product with the primary function of storing and retrieving data as requested by other software applications—which may run either on the same computer or on another computer across a network (including the Internet). Microsoft markets at least a dozen different editions of Microsoft SQL Server, aimed at different audiences and for workloads ranging from small single-machine applications to large Internet-facing applications with many concurrent users.

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