Microsoft broke new ground in scalability when it launched Azure SQL Database Hyperscale. Here's what it took to make Microsoft's hyperscale vision work with the existing Azure infrastructure. When ...

Microsoft’s Scott Guthrie, executive vice president of its Cloud and AI Group, speaks at Microsoft Build 2019. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Cloud customers are getting used to the idea of paying ...

Head over to our on-demand library to view sessions from VB Transform 2023. Register Here Microsoft today announced several security-oriented improvements for Azure SQL Database, a managed relational ...

Microsoft's cloud DBaaS has had a whirlwind month with the introduction of managed instances, database migration tools and more. Here's what each feature does and when to use it. This month, Microsoft ...

Azure SQL vs SQL Server in 2026: compare cost, features, AI, and migration paths, plus when Managed Instance beats Azure VM in one clear framework.

The Always Encrypted feature for Microsoft’s Azure SQL Database and SQL Server 2016 is now generally available, the company said. It keeps data encrypted at all times, showing it in plaintext only to ...

Recent updates to Microsoft's Azure SQL Database service include migration, high-availability and information protection options, and other improvements. Microsoft's aim with these improvements is ...

Pricing: Pay as you go model. Key features AI-powered intelligent performance optimization. Geospatial support. Postgres version 11 supports up to 37 extensions. Integration with Cloud Services.

Security is a longstanding priority for Microsoft across its products and offerings. In fact, SQL Server has pro­duced the fewest security vulnerabilities of all the major database platforms for many ...

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 database engine that powers Azure SQL Database in ...

SQL Server 2016 and Azure SQL Database both give you tables that automatically keep track of changes to your data. Here's how to both create those tables and alter existing tables so they track the ...

SEATTLE—In its continued efforts to make Azure a platform that appeals to the widest range of developers possible, Microsoft announced a range of new features at Build, its annual developer conference ...