Microsoft explains how Hyperscale separates compute, logging and storage while retaining a single primary for writes and SQL Server transaction semantics.

A new comparison explains operational statistics, query plans and troubleshooting tools for teams considering SQL migration.

Azure database savings plans cut cloud costs across SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL and Cosmos DB. Unlike reservations, Azure savings plans offer cross-region, cross-service flexibility with simpler pricing.

One of the Azure SQL-related announcements that did not get a lot of publicity at May's Microsoft Build conference was the Azure SQL Database local database experience. With all the hype around SQL ...

Azure Data Studio is a free Microsoft desktop tool, initially called SQL Operations Studio, that can be used to manage SQL Server databases and cloud-based Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Data ...

Azure SQL Data Warehouse is a managed Data Warehouse-as-a Service (DWaaS) offering provided by Microsoft Azure. A data warehouse is a federated repository for data collected by an enterprise's ...

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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 ...

At Microsoft’s Ignite digital event this week, the company is announcing the private preview of SQL Server 2022, the next version of its three-decades-old relational database management system (RDBMS) ...