its new Azure SQL Database elastic databases (yep, that’s the complete name) allow developers to gather their databases into a single pool to ensure they don’t over-provision specific ...

According to Microsoft Azure director of product marketing Vibhor Kapoor, DocumentDB is meant to “provides the benefits of a NoSQL document database ... but conventional SQL provides consistency ...

Azure SQL Database Hyperscale became generally available ... Another feature used here that debuted to minimal fanfare on-premises is buffer pool extensions (BPE), or the ability to extend the ...

Hyperscale is an Azure SQL Database built upon a new set of Hyperscale storage ... when they’re not immediately found in the local data cache or the Buffer Pool Extension (now officially called RBPE, ...

Microsoft has opened up to testers its preview of its Windows Azure SQL database. Plans for the new tier were announced at the company's recent Worldwide Partner Conference. The premium tier is ...

Microsoft Azure SQL Database pricing is staged across Elastic Pool, Managed Instance, and Single Database models. You'll find a customizable cost calculator here for all three options. For example ...

However, SQL Agent faces one important shortcoming: It can run on Azure VMs and on Azure SQL Managed ... especially in SaaS or other dynamic settings where additional databases are added to a ...

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 ...

There are lots of ways to create MSSQL databases via PowerShell. We could invoke a T-SQL query using the CREATE DATABASE term, we could write some code to use the [Create() method with SMO] or, if ...

Microsoft Azure SQL Database is an excellent Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) solution for developers, business analysts, and database administrators given its ease of use and exemplary controls.