A Brief History to MSSQL Server
MS SQL Server is a relational database engine which works only on windows platforms .
1989: Microsoft SQL Server version 1.0 ships
1990: Microsoft SQL Server version 1.1; it runs on Windows 3.0
1992: SQL Server 4.2 released
1993: Windows NT 3.1 and SQL Server for Windows NT released (32-bit)
1994: Microsoft/Sybase partnership ends
1995: SQL Server 6.0
1996: SQL Server 6.5
1999: SQL Server 7.0 – major rewrite
2000: SQL Server 2000
2005: SQL Server 2005
2008: SQL Server 2008
2010: SQL Server 2008R2
2012: SQL Server 2012
2014: SQL Server 2014
2016: SQL Server 2016
SQL Server Admin Tools
SQL Server Management Studio
Database management GUI
Object browser; templates, reports, etc.
Based on Visual Studio 2005 IDE
Support for writing and executing queries
SQL Business Intelligence Dev. Studio
Analysis Services, Reporting Services, SSIS
SQL Server Profiler
Database Engine Tuning Advisor
SQL Server Configuration Manager
Manages services and protocols
Surface Area Configuration
SQL Server Books Online