Microsoft® SQL Server™ is a database management and analysis system for e-commerce, line-of-business, and data warehousing solutions. In this section, you will find information for several versions of SQL Server. You will also find articles on database and database application design, as well as examples of the uses that SQL Server can be put to.

Lync is now Skype for Business, a communications and collaboration platform that brings together an experience inspired by Skype with the enterprise-grade security compliance, and control of Lync.

Skype for Business offers features including presence IM, voice and video calls, and online meetings.
Skype for Business provides a new client experience, a new server release, and updates to the service in Office 365 If users in your organization are already familiar with Skype, they'll appreciate the power and simplicity of Skype for Business where it's easy to find and connect with co-workers.
If users in your organization are coming to Skype for Business from Lync, they'll recognize all of the features they already use but in a fresh new interface with simplified controls and new additions. In addition to the new client experience Skype for Business Server 2015 provides several new features to improve manageability of on-premises servers and hybrid solutions.

FileMaker Server is fast, reliable server software for managing and sharing database solutions created using FileMaker Pro (separate purchase is required) and extending solutions to the web. Groups both small and large are able to simultaneously access the most up-to-date information, making them more productive than ever.

The CData ADO.NET Provider for Gmail gives developers the power to easily connect .NET applications to Gmail data. The Gmail Data Provider makes this Gmail data look like SQL tables in your applications. With the CData ADO.NET Provider for Gmail developers can simply DataBind to data, just like using SQL Server.

DataBind to Gmail using standard Visual Studio wizards.
Comprehensive support for CRUD (Create, Read, Update, and Delete) operations.
Send & Receive Email and manage Gmail messages & folders.

Easily monitor and view the performance of both physical server and VMware or Hyper-V virtual server environments to get a complete view of SQL Server databases. View performance metrics and alerts for virtual machines and their related hosts including CPU, memory, disk usage, network etc. to get a complete performance picture of the SQL server environment.

Performance monitoring for physical and virtual environments
Query plan monitoring to see the causes of blocks and deadlocks
History browsing to find and troubleshoot past issues
Predictive alerting with settings to avoid false alerts
Database growth forecasting to minimize server sprawl
Web-based dashboard with at-a-glance views of top issues and alerts

dbExpress is a database-independent layer that defines common interface to provide fast access to SQL Server from Delphi and C++Builder on Windows for both 32-bit and 64-bit platforms. For this server, dbExpress provides a driver as an independent library that implements the common dbExpress interface for processing queries and stored procedures. As data-access layer is thin and simple, dbExpress provides high performance database connectivity and is easy to deploy. You can use our driver in the same way as the one supplied by Embarcadero. dbExpress driver for SQL Server provides access to SQL Server database. It works using high performance Microsoft OLE DB technologies. The driver requires OLE DB installed on the workstation.

ASPMaker is a powerful ASP code generator that can generate a full set of ASP (Active Server Pages) quickly from a Microsoft Access Database, SQL Server or any Data Source that supports ADO. Using ASPMaker, you can instantly create Web sites that allow users to view, edit, search, add and delete records on the Web. ASPMaker is designed for high flexibility, it offers numerous options for you to generate ASP applications that best suits your needs. The generated codes are clean, straightforward and easy-to-customize. ASPMaker can save you tons of time and is suitable for both beginners and experienced developers alike.

SecureBridge represents clients and servers for SSH, SFTP and SSL protocols as a network security solution. It protects any TCP traffic using SSH or SSL secure transport layer protocols, that provide authentication for both client and server, strong data encryption, and data integrity verification. SecureBridge components can be used in conjunction with data access components to prevent data interception or modification in an untrusted network.

The CData ADO.NET Provider for Xero gives developers the power to easily connect .NET applications to Xero Accounting data, including Customers, Transactions, Invoices, Sales Receipts, Reports, and more! The Xero Data Provider makes this Xero Accounting data look like SQL tables in your applications. With the CData ADO.NET Provider for Xero developers can simply DataBind to data, just like using SQL Server.