Microsoft plans to release a 'General Purpose' version of its Azure Arc-enabled SQL Managed Instance (MI) at the 'general availability' (GA) commercial-release stage, 'starting July 30, 2021.' ...

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A new benefit for SQL Server 2022 includes the ability to use an Azure SQL Managed Instance for disaster recovery at the cost of compute and storage.

Although Azure SQL Edge can operate with a direct connection to Azure SQL instances in the cloud, it’s designed to function as a stand-alone database on disconnected, low-power systems.

That connectivity is the driving force behind a host of new SQL Server capabilities in the 2022 release, including enhancements related to Azure Synapse Link, Microsoft Purview, and the new “link ...

Interestingly Azure doesn’t set a maximum size for Azure SQL Hyperscale instances, since they grow and shrink as needed. You can start with the database you need today, and the service will ...

Recently Microsoft announced the general availability as per the end of July of Azure Arc-enabled SQL, which extends the Azure SQL instances to be hosted on an edge data center or in a multi-cloud ...

Recently Microsoft announced Azure Monitor SQL Insights for Azure SQL in public preview. With the preview, customers will get a flexible canvas for telemetry collection, analysis, and rich custom ...

Figure 2. Successful Azure PowerShell Connection Output. Although this next step might have been set for other reasons, you must have a server firewall rule setup to allow incoming SQL connections ...

Microsoft Corp. today added a family of memory-optimized instances to its Azure public cloud, along with new features designed to help customers manage and secure their environments. The additions ...