Amazon and Google execs have derided an updated policy closing a loophole for transferring on-prem Microsoft Windows and SQL licenses to cloud providers. Microsoft partners see hypocrisy in their ...

Microsoft has been transitioning its legacy licensing model for a few years now ... the availability to transact Windows Server and SQL Server through the CSP Program," Wiedower told CRN.

Today, Microsoft announced the preview of SQL Server 2025, the successor to the popular SQL Server 2022, which was released in 2022. With SQL Server 2025, Microsoft is targeting AI apps both on ...