Want to get a quick overview of Microsoft’s relational Cloud database service (RDBMS)? Well, Steve Yi, Director of Product Management for SQL Azure made available the SQL Azure at a Glance video which ...

A research-paper retrospective explains how separating query processing, logs, pages and storage changed the scaling behavior of Azure SQL Database.

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

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 ...

Microsoft broke new ground in scalability when it launched Azure SQL Database Hyperscale. Here's what it took to make Microsoft's hyperscale vision work with the existing Azure infrastructure. When ...

Locking down AI pipelines in Azure? A zero-trust, metadata-driven setup makes it secure, scalable and actually team-friendly. AI pipelines are transforming how enterprises handle data, but they’re ...

The cloud has become an important option for businesses of all sizes today. Even server applications like SQL Server, that many organizations once considered on-premises only, have gradually been ...

If you're considering moving your on-premises SQL Server databases to the Microsoft Azure cloud, you need to decide which of the different cloud options works best for you. You might not realize it to ...

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 ...