Microsoft announced last week a new pricing scheme for its SQL Azure cloud database service. Previously, SQL Azure databases were limited to either 1GB (for “Web edition”) or 10GB (for “business ...

Microsoft once again made some cuts to its SQL Azure pricing, as well as introduced a 100 MB database storage option, according to a blog post by Steve Martin, general manager for Windows Azure ...

Microsoft recently published a new version of its service-level agreement (SLA) for Azure SQL Database, adding uptime perks for organizations that use the "Business Critical" tier. If organizations ...

Learn how to use the Azure Portal to create a cloud-based SQL database with just a few mouse clicks. While the embrace of big data, machine learning, and IoT by business enterprises everywhere may ...

Welcome to the first of a two-part series. In this first part, I'll talk about the physical infrastructure that Microsoft uses to ensure availability and provide a high degree of uptime for the Azure ...

To extend its array of security offerings for the proprietary cloud solutions, Microsoft has now announced a new feature for Azure SQL Data Warehouse. Available today in all Azure regions. As you may ...

While Microsoft’s big Azure database news today is the launch of Cosmos DB, its new “planet-scale” distributed database service, there is a good chance that many developers will actually be more ...

If you are an old hand at Microsoft SQL Server, you have probably used the SQL Server Agent (i.e., SQL Agent) service and MSDB database for the last 20 years. With a humble and largely unchanged ...

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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 ...

Microsoft yesterday announced major enhancements to its cloud data warehouse offering. Microsoft Corporate Vice President for Azure Data, Rohan Kumar, gave me the skinny in a private briefing in New ...