While the latest releases of Windows Server and SQL Server bring more innovations, support to older versions along with security updates eventually ends. Fortunately, you can stay secure and modernize ...

Windows Server 2025 (currently called vNEXT by Microsoft) latest eval build 26010.1000 (Windows Server vNext LTSC Preview – Build 26010 English) has a new icon in the taskbar. After installing it as a ...

SQL Server, enabled by Azure Arc, extends Azure services on-premises, and manages your SQL Server estate from the Azure portal for a more unified and streamlined management experience. Monitor the ...

The key to enabling Azure SQL Managed Instance within Azure Arc stems from Microsoft's Azure Arc-enabled data services, listed as being at the preview stage at press time.

Exercise 2: Onboard the On-prem SQLServer 2012 to Azure Arc-enabled SQL Server In this exercise, you will onboard SQL Server to Azure Arc using PowerShell commands to Azure Portal.

As part of Azure Arc-enabled data services, the Azure SQL service becomes the first database service to get a general availability release date, with Azure PostgreSQL Hyperscale still in preview.

SQL Server Extension for Azure The following are scripts you can use to setup the prereqs so you can use the SQL Server Extension for Azure feature in SQL Server 2022 setup. You will need to use the ...

SQL Server 2022 is a core element of the Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform and now it comes with new features. The platform seamlessly integrates operational databases, analytics, and data ...