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

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

Joey on SQL Server How To Automate Tasks in Azure SQL Database Knowing how to automate tasks in the cloud will make you a more productive DBA.

By using a single tool like PowerShell, you can access your data wherever it is stored. It does not matter if it is in the cloud in an Azure SQL database or in an on-premises MS-SQL server, MySQL or ...

Microsoft also introduced the Azure Resource Explorer, whose functionality was previously provided in an extension. Developers can now more easily manage Azure SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, and ...

Hyperscale is an Azure SQL Database built upon a new set of Hyperscale storage technologies that enable high throughput and performance, databases of up to 100Tb in size, and offers very elastic and ...

Strong security built into Azure SQL Database for fully encrypted data both at-rest and in-motion on edge nodes and edge gateways Ability to combine data streaming and time-series with in-database ...

Fresh from last week's Build developer conference in San Francisco, Microsoft executives appeared at the company's first-ever Ignite conference in Chicago and provided more details about the company's ...

Microsoft today announced an interesting update to its database lineup with the preview of Azure SQL Database Edge, a new tool that brings the same ...