Microsoft plans to release a 'General Purpose' version of its Azure Arc-enabled SQL Managed Instance (MI) at the 'general availability' (GA) commercial-release stage, 'starting July 30, 2021.' ...

Failing to prioritise database administration may not trigger alarms at first – but over time, the costs add up: Downtime and ...

Looking to incent enterprises to use its Windows Azure cloud service to backup and archive their data, Microsoft has launched a discounted plan that lets customers store up to 41 TB of data for ...

A step-by-step guide to deploying, configuring, and testing a multi-AZ, multi-region SQL Server FCI in the Azure cloud, complete with a PowerShell script that handles the networking configuration.

SQL Server 2022 customers will see benefits in the areas of data integration, analytics, governance, and high availability thanks to the database’s enhanced connectivity to the Azure cloud, Microsoft ...

Since we know we're a database heavy application, we make sure the database has resources to spare. In Azure, the VM size is large. We attach a disk for SQL Data, SQL Log, and SQL Archive.

Learn how to use the Azure Portal to create a cloud-based SQL database with just a few mouse clicks.

Hackers are targeting Azure virtual machines (VM) using flawed Microsoft SQL servers as a stepping stone, security researchers have revealed. Microsoft’s experts recently reported observing the ...

The only way to get extended support for 2008 versions of Windows and SQL Server is in the cloud. Here's why you should be thinking about 2012 migrations now as well.