April 16, 1996
Microsoft Ships SQL Server 6.5

Today at DB Expo, Microsoft Corp. announced the release of Microsoft SQL Server 6.5. Fine-tuned to offer the best performance on the Windows NT Server network operating system, Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 represents a major enhancement to Microsoft SQL Server 6.0.

April 2, 1996
Bill Gates Announces Microsoft Exchange…

As a part of his NetWorld+Interop ’96 keynote address, Bill Gates today announced that Microsoft Exchange Server is shipping and demonstrated Microsoft Corp.’s vision for business communications and computing over the Internet.