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

SQL Server 2022 customers will see benefits in the areas of data integration, analytics, governance, and high availability thanks to the database’s enhanced connectivity to the Azure cloud, Microsoft ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The only way to get extended support for 2008 versions of Windows and SQL Server is in the cloud. Here's why you should be thinking about 2012 migrations now as well.

Joey on SQL Server A Deep Dive Inside Azure SQL Database, Part 1 Microsoft promises 99.995 percent uptime for the Azure SQL platform, which is incredible.

The clock is ticking on Microsoft’s Extended Support for SQL Server 2008/R2, unless you migrate to the Azure cloud. Here’s how ...