Developer(s) | Microsoft |
---|---|
Initial release | April 24, 1989 | , as SQL Server 1.0
Stable release | SQL Server 2022[1]
/ 16 November 2022 |
Written in | C, C++[2] |
Operating system | Linux, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows |
Available in | English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish and Indonesian[3] |
Type | Relational database management system |
License | Proprietary software |
Website | www |
Microsoft SQL Server (Structured Query Language) is a proprietary 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—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.