The clock is ticking on Microsoft’s Extended Support for SQL Server 2008/R2, unless you migrate to the Azure cloud. Here’s how ...

Learn how to use the Azure Portal to create a cloud-based SQL database with just a few mouse clicks.

Database virtualization should be viewed as a critical weapon in the IT leader’s quiver to attack migration challenges when an efficient way to migrate data to the cloud is called for.

To migrate a non-SQL Server database—such as Microsoft Access, Sybase, MySQL, Oracle, or IBM DB2—to Azure SQL Database, Microsoft offers the SQL Server Migration Assistant.

With previews announced at Microsoft's Build Conference, the database migration service will allow developers to migrate on-premises databases to the cloud without so much as a hiccup.

With its hybrid cloud storage platform, Zadara enables enterprises to migrate SQL Server database apps to the cloud in a phased manner – without the cost and complexity of SQL Enterprise Edition.

On August 12, Microsoft made available the first version of a tool designed to help customers migrate from MySQL to SQL Server and/or SQL Azure.