Microsoft has released a free trial of its cloud-based relational database. The community technology preview (CTP) of SQL Azure Database was made available Tuesday, along with a preview of an SQL ...

Embarcadero, a provider of multi-platform database tools and developer software, has announced a special edition of DBArtisan for SQL Azure. DBArtisan is Embarcadero's database administration tool for ...

Microsoft on Monday announced that Azure Backup for SQL Server had reached "general availability" status, meaning it's deemed ready for production-environment use. This service is used to backup SQL ...

Azure SQL Database offers a range of service tiers designed to meet different performance, availability, and storage needs. Each tier provides distinct features and capabilities to support various ...

Looks like Azure SQL DB Managed Instances Next-Gen General Purpose is finally out of preview. The preview warning labels are gone in the portal. Here's how to upgrade your existing instances: ...

What is a Cloud Database? Cloud databases are a hot new idea to the world of computing. Everyone is talking about the “cloud” and how it is going to revolutionize database storage. But what is a cloud ...

The failover groups feature allows you to manage the replication and failover of some or all databases on a logical server to a logical server in another region. This article provides an overview of ...

AI thrives on data but feeding it the right data is harder than it seems. As enterprises scale their AI initiatives, they face the challenge of managing diverse data pipelines, ensuring proximity to ...

Analysts say Redmond still has billions of reasons to keep backing its flagship DBMS, even as Azure, Postgres, and AI hog the ...

Get ready to scale out SQL Azure databases beyond today's 50GB limit with the Transact-SQL and ADO.NET elastic sharding features, which are coming in the 2011 SQL Azure Federation Community Technology ...