Microsoft fired another salvo in the database wars by announcing a new toolkit to help users migrate their databases from MySQL to SQL Server -- or SQL Azure, the new cloud offering. In a Data ...

It's no secret that even though MySQL has been a Microsoft partner, it also is a Microsoft competitor. And ever since Oracle made overtures to buy Sun and (get MySQL in the process), Microsoft's been ...

While Microsoft’s big Azure database news today is the launch of Cosmos DB, its new “planet-scale” distributed database service, there is a good chance that many developers will actually be more ...

Microsoft has launched Extended Support for Azure Database for MySQL, giving organizations extra time to operate legacy database versions while maintaining security and service-level commitments. The ...

Migrate an application to use passwordless connections with Azure Database for MySQL Learn how to migrate existing applications using Azure Database for MySQL away from authentication patterns such as ...

If you want to understand how extension works or want to debug an issue, you'll want to get the source, build it, and run the tool locally. Even if you have push rights on the ...

Microsoft is now offering support for MySQL, which should give pause to every open-source company that expects to make money through support subscriptions. Matt Asay is a veteran technology columnist ...

MySQL developers have used Microsoft source code in version 4.1 of the open-source database, which is due for final release in two weeks. Microsoft made the code for its Windows Installer XML (WiX) ...