Microsoft's premade templates allows for the deployment of SQL databases without having to use complex PowerShell commands.

Microsoft today released the 2022 version of its SQL Server database, which features a number of built-in connections to its Azure cloud.

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.

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

In the first of this two-part series, Microsoft's lead SQL architect explains how the company collects -- and secures -- telemetry data from Azure SQL Database customers to improve its engineering ...

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.