< database > A relational database management system (RDBMS) which is part of Microsoft 's BackOffice family of servers . SQL Server was designed for client/server use and is accessed by applications using SQL . It runs on Windows NT version 3.5 or higher and is compliant with the ANSI SQL-92 and FIPS 127-2 SQL standards .
SQL Server supports symmetric multiprocessing hardware; SNMP , ODBC , and major open standard communications protocols . It has Internet integration, data replication , and data warehousing features.
Microsoft SQL Server was originally developed by Sybase Corporation but the cooperation was broken sometime [when?] before version 6.0.
Latest version: 7.0. [Or is it 2000?]
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(2001-04-27)