Microsoft SQL Server
| Microsoft SQL Server | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Microsoft |
| Initial release | April 24, 1989, as SQL Server 1.0 |
| Stable release | SQL Server 2022 (CU18 16.0.4185.3)
/ 16 November 2022 |
| 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 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.