SQL Server is going to cost a minimum of $12k (you can't buy fewer than 4 core licenses, no matter how few virtual cores you use). $6k for a VM host + labor isn't unreasonable.

PolyBase, a data virtualization feature for SQL Server, allows users to seamlessly query data from various external sources directly using T-SQL (Transact-SQL) without the need for separate client ...

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In addition, Microsoft announced that it is expanding virtualization use rights to allow unlimited virtual instances on servers that are fully licensed for SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition.

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Unless you've been living in some other virtual universe, you know that last year Microsoft acquired Virtual PC and Virtual Server from Connectix. After updating Virtual Server earlier this year, ...

A new report from research firm GigaOm indicated that SQL Server runs faster on virtual machines on Micrososft's Azure cloud than on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) compute instances (EC2). Sponsored by ...

With new R2 licensing, costs go up and unlimited virtualization rights on SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition go away ...

Look out, mid-market IT shops looking to use Microsoft's new Essential Business Server 2008 in an enterprise filled with virtual servers: Some old, resource-hogging apps, Exchange and SQL Server ...

To help developers and database administrators understand the mechanics of PolyBase and how to write T-SQL queries to access data from heterogeneous sources, Kevin Feasel, proprietor of Catallaxy ...