SQL Server’s data resiliency story gets a boost thanks to the new “link feature” in Azure SQL Managed Instance. According to Kumar’s post, the link feature includes a built-in Distributed Availability ...

Joey on SQL Server Everything You Need To Know About Azure SQL Database Emulator Microsoft's Asad Khan breaks down some details on the recently announced feature. By Joey D'Antoni 06/27/2022 ...

“Lifting and shifting” an existing SQL Server 2008/R2 failover cluster from on-premises to the Azure cloud is quite straightforward: It involves replacing physical disk resources with virtual ...

The October release of Azure Data Studio (formerly called SQL Operations Studio) includes preview support for SQL Server 2019 and more. Azure Data Studio, which was introduced last year as SQL ...

A comparison of SQL Server's throughput performance on Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS) gives the edge to Microsoft's cloud.

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 ...

When you need a SQL database fast, the cloud is the best way to go. Azure provides a SQL database as a PaaS that eliminates the need to get an entire SQL Server deployment up and running.

Microsoft SQL Server 2008/R2 reach end of support; SQL Server 2019 and Azure await Microsoft's database releases from 2008 and 2010 reach end of extended support.

According to Microsoft, this second group accounts for less than 20% of the SQL Server business. For most organizations, SQL Server 2022 is available now, starting on November 16, 2022.

Hackers are targeting Azure virtual machines (VM) using flawed Microsoft SQL servers as a stepping stone, security researchers have revealed. Microsoft’s experts recently reported observing the ...