Azure Backup now provides soft delete for SQL server in Azure VM and SAP HANA in Azure VM workloads. This is in addition to the already supported Azure Virtual machine soft delete scenario.

Restore SQL Server databases on Azure VMs This article describes how to restore a SQL Server database that's running on an Azure virtual machine (VM) that the Azure Backup service has backed up to an ...

Microsoft on Monday announced that Azure Backup for SQL Server had reached 'general availability' status, meaning it's deemed ready for production-environment use.

Microsoft added the option of using the Azure Backup service to provide recovery support for SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2 when those workloads are hosted on Azure virtual machines.

Azure Backup for SQL Server Virtual Machines allows simple backup in the cloud. Microsoft describes it as an enterprise-grade service that allows backup solutions with zero-infrastructure demand.

Last week we announced the General Availability of Azure Premium Storage for Azure Virtual Machines. Premium Storage provides steady high throughput (up to 64,000 IOPs; 8x more than Standard Storage) ...

Learn about the public preview of the Premium SSD v2 provisioning experience for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines deployed in the Azure portal.