Azure Migrate now supports production-ready SQL Server migrations to Azure virtual machines with integrated assessment and migration tools.

Microsoft announced this week that it plans to release a "General Purpose" version of its Azure Arc-enabled SQL Managed Instance (MI) at the "general availability" (GA) commercial-release stage, ...

Microsoft has launched Azure Arc-enabled SQL Server on Windows in the US Government, Virginia region. The Redmond giant called this a "major first step". Microsoft has recently announced that Azure ...

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 ...

The expanded support provides visibility into query-level metrics and detailed explain plans so all Microsoft customers can benefit from Database Monitoring With this expanded support, engineers and ...

As Mary Jo Foley reported this week, hybrid cloud drew a cluster of announcements at Microsoft Ignite. Among them were announcements for general availability of Azure Arc enabled server that enables ...

At first glance, a new product billed as part of the Azure Man­agement platform might not seem interesting or relevant for data management professions. But as you will see, if your organiza­tion is ...

Microsoft continues to bring Azure-based managed services to Azure Arc, the hybrid and multi-cloud platform. At BUILD 2021, held last week, the company announced the availability of Platform as a ...

Microsoft may have promised multiple future releases of on-premises Windows Server, but that doesn’t mean you continue to manage and use those servers the way you always have. Key to Windows Server’s ...

Microsoft offers two paths for running enterprise databases: SQL Server, which you install and manage yourself, and Azure SQL, which Microsoft runs for you as a managed service. Both use the same ...