SQL Server foundation introduction collation

Introduce

SQL Server By Microsoft Development and promotion of relational database management system （DBMS）, It was originally created by Microsoft、Sybase and Ashton-Tate Developed by three companies , And in 1988 The first OS/2 edition . Because it's based on Sybase Products developed for the company's technology , And Sybase The database is fully compatible with .Microsoft SQL Server Updated version in recent years ,1996 year ,Microsoft Launched SQL Server 6.5 edition ;1998 year ,SQL Server 7.0 Versions meet users ;SQL Server 2000 yes Microsoft The company 2000 Launched in 2013 , The latest version is 2019 Year launched SQL SERVER 2019.

Market occupation

One of the three mainstream relational databases , In the car 、 Medical care 、 financial service 、 retail 、 government administration versus business enterprise 、 Cloud and other fields occupy a certain number of users .

Version evolution

Time	edition	Software version number	remarks
2019	SQL Server 2019	15.x	-
2017	SQL Server 2017	14.x	-
2016	SQL Server 2016	13.x	-
2014	SQL Server 2014	12.00.2000.8	-
2012	SQL Server 2012	11.00.2100.60	Start to support highly available clusters
2010	SQL Server 2008 R2	10.50.160010.50.1600.1	-
2008	SQL Server 2008	10.00.1600.22	-
2005	SQL Server 2005	9.0.13990.6	Start to support dual machine cluster
2000	SQL Server 2000	8.00.194	-
1998	SQL Server 7.0	-	-
1996	SQL Server 6.5	-	-
1988	first OS/2 edition	-	-

Architecture support

Support Ｗindows and Linux, among Linux from SQL Server 2017 Start supporting

Type of support

• Stand alone example

• Dual machine failover cluster （Failover Cluster）

• High availability cluster (Always On)

• Failover cluster + High availability cluster