Microsoft this week announced various Azure SQL Database improvements, including migration, high-availability and information protection options, plus some open source workload additions. Most ...

Azure SQL infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service options (source: Sept. 30, 2020 Azure blog). The diagram also shows rationales for when to use Azure Arc.

Titles such as “Introducing Windows Azure for IT Professionals” may not be appealing, but there’s valuable information in these free, downloadable guides that people tend to overlook. For example, the ...

To that end, it’s announcing the availability of a new SQL Database service hosted on its Azure cloud platform to replace SQL Server 2008 and AQL Server 2008R2. Azure SQL Database is described ...

News. Microsoft Adds New Storage Option to SQL Azure, Cuts Pricing . By Kurt Mackie; 02/14/2012; Microsoft once again made some cuts to its SQL Azure pricing, as well as introduced a 100 MB database ...

Database backups and restores are key to developing a secure environment for users’ information. A trusted backup plan is a requirement for on-premise and cloud instances. SQL Server database backups ...

In a busy week for Microsoft's cloud, the company officially launched its capacity-stretching Azure SQL Database elastic pool option.

There's a catch: They have to bring their workloads to the Azure cloud. But for some users, this could be a feasible option. Extended support for SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 is set to end in July ...

In this white paper, we investigate the SQL Server database backup options in Azure Virtual Machine. We start by explaining the uses and importance of backing up databases. We continue by discussing ...