# Microsoft’s SQL Server Database Was the Surprise Software Hit of the Year | WIRED

- URL: https://dynamicaccounting.net/microsofts-sql-server-database-surprise-software-hit-year-wired/
- Date: 2017-01-04
- Topics: SQL & Data, Install, Upgrade & Admin
- Type: link to an external article
- Source: https://www.wired.com/2017/01/microsofts-old-school-database-surprise-software-hit-year/

> [![](/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/graph.jpg)](https://www.wired.com/2017/01/microsofts-old-school-database-surprise-software-hit-year/)Microsoft SQL Server grew faster in popularity than any other database product—and the company’s long-deferred embrace of open source might be why.

*Not a cloud in sight. [Microsoft’s SQL Server Database Was the Surprise Software Hit of the Year | WIRED](https://www.wired.com/2017/01/microsofts-old-school-database-surprise-software-hit-year/)*