One way that organizations are storing data in the cloud is by moving their databases to the cloud. What once meant building an entire physical server, patching it, installing software like Microsoft ...

Microsoft today announced an interesting update to its database lineup with the preview of Azure SQL Database Edge, a new tool that brings the same database engine that powers Azure SQL Database ...

Here's how Azure SQL Database Edge will fit into the company's broader vision for a more connected world. During his keynote at last week's Microsoft Build conference, CEO Satya Nadella introduced ...

On Thursday at the SQLBits conference in Hampshire, U.K., Microsoft announced the private preview of Copilot for Azure SQL Database. This new Azure service aims to help users write queries and ...

Maybe you are still getting up-to-speed with the whole concept of cloud computing. If so, I have a lot of sympathy for you because there is so much to learn and because cloud technologies advance so ...

As Microsoft today announced during its Build developer conference keynote in San Francisco, its new Azure SQL Database elastic databases (yep, that’s the complete name) allow developers to ...

Data security provider Druva Inc. today announced expanded support for Microsoft Azure, including cloud-native data ...

One element that was particularly interesting and the top of many conversations afterwards was the day two keynote covering a new offering in public preview called Azure SQL Database Hyperscale (just ...

Nowadays, Wilson says, Paychex is relying on the Microsoft Azure SQL Database cloud service to handle its data. "We've had a great experience with Microsoft," Wilson told Business Insider.

When you need a SQL database fast, the cloud is the best way to go. Azure provides a SQL database as a Platform as a Service (PaaS) that eliminates the need to get an entire SQL Server up and running.