This article provides an overview of SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) on the Windows platform. If you're new to SQL Server on Azure VMs, check out the SQL Server on Azure VM Overview video ...

Managing SQL Server across hybrid and multi-cloud environments has long posed a challenge for database administrators. With data sprawled across on-premises infrastructure, cloud platforms, and edge ...

Microsoft today released SQL Server 2022, the latest version of its database software, which originally launched more than 33 years ago. Microsoft describes this release as the “most Azure-enabled ...

Starting with SQL Server 2012 SP1 CU2, you can now write back up SQL Server databases directly to Azure Blob storage. Use this functionality to back up to and restore from Azure Blob storage. Back up ...

Microsoft unveiled .NET Aspire at the Build 2024 developer conference, describing it as an opinionated, cloud-ready stack for building observable, production ready, distributed, cloud-native ...

Microsoft offers two paths for running enterprise databases: SQL Server, which you install and manage yourself, and Azure SQL, which Microsoft runs for you as a managed service. Both use the same ...