The October release of Azure Data Studio (formerly called SQL Operations Studio) includes preview support for SQL Server 2019 and more. Azure Data Studio, which was introduced last year as SQL ...

Microsoft's recent improvements with regards to Azure include the acquisition of software company Movere to streamline customers' journey to the cloud, new cloud regions in Germany, and handwritten ...

Microsoft today released SQL Server 2022, the latest version of its database software, which originally launched more than 33 years ago. Microsoft describes this release as the “most Azure-enabled ...

Get ready to scale out SQL Azure databases beyond today's 50GB limit with the Transact-SQL and ADO.NET elastic sharding features, which are coming in the 2011 SQL Azure Federation Community Technology ...

Knowing how to automate tasks in the cloud will make you a more productive DBA. Here are the key concepts to understand about cloud scripting and a rundown of the best tools for automating code in ...

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 Corp. is raising its game for artificial intelligence developers with a host of updates to its Azure cloud computing platform. At its annual Ignite 2023 conference, the company explained ...

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Microsoft on Monday announced that Azure Backup for SQL Server had reached "general availability" status, meaning it's deemed ready for production-environment use. This service is used to backup SQL ...