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The history of Microsoft SQL Server began in 1989 with SQL Server 1.0 for OS/2. Key milestones include the introduction of versions for Windows NT in 1993, the end of collaboration with Sybase in 1995, converting the source code to C++ in 1998, and rewriting the code from Sybase into Microsoft's own code in 2005. The latest version, SQL Server 2017, added support for Linux platforms and is the current supported version along with SQL Server 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2014, and 2016.

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Milestones

The history of Microsoft SQL Server began in 1989 with SQL Server 1.0 for OS/2. Key milestones include the introduction of versions for Windows NT in 1993, the end of collaboration with Sybase in 1995, converting the source code to C++ in 1998, and rewriting the code from Sybase into Microsoft's own code in 2005. The latest version, SQL Server 2017, added support for Linux platforms and is the current supported version along with SQL Server 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2014, and 2016.

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The history of Microsoft SQL Server begins with the first Microsoft SQL Server product –

SQL Server 1.0, a 16-bit server for the OS/2 operating system in 1989 - and extends to the
current day.

Milestones

 MS SQL Server for OS/2 began as a project to port Sybase SQL Server onto OS/2 in
1989, by Sybase, Ashton-Tate, and Microsoft.
 SQL Server 4.2 for NT is released in 1993, marking the entry onto Windows NT.
 SQL Server 6.0 is released in 1995, marking the end of collaboration with Sybase;
Sybase would continue developing their own variant of SQL Server, Sybase Adaptive
Server Enterprise, independently of Microsoft.
 SQL Server 7.0 is released in 1998, marking the conversion of the source code from C
to C++.
 SQL Server 2005, released in 2005, finishes the complete revision of the old Sybase
code into Microsoft code.
 SQL Server 2017, released in 2017, adds Linux support for these Linux platforms:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Ubuntu & Docker
Engine.[3]

Currently

As of October 2017, the following versions are supported by Microsoft:

 SQL Server 2008[4]


 SQL Server 2008 R2
 SQL Server 2012
 SQL Server 2014
 SQL Server 2016
 SQL Server 2017

From SQL Server 2016 onward, the product is supported on x64 processors only.[5]

The current version is Microsoft SQL Server 2017, released October 2, 2017. The RTM
version is 14.1709.3807.1.

The next version is slated for release in the second half of 2019[6].

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