As organizations migrate databases to the cloud, a common question arises: 👉 Should we lift-and-shift SQL Server into an Azure Virtual Machine (VM), or adopt Azure SQL Managed Instance (MI)? While ...

This article teaches you how to configure a link between SQL Server and Azure SQL Managed Instance by using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). With the link, databases from your initial primary are ...

You can now move your SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) projects, packages, and workloads to the Azure cloud. Deploy, run, and manage SSIS projects and packages on Azure SQL Database or SQL ...

Azure SQL Managed Instance's update policy "SQL Server 2025" is now GA. Consider it if you need to keep easy database portability to SQL Server for regulatory, contractual, or similar reasons.

Microsoft has two primary platform as a service (PaaS) offerings for SQL Server running Azure: Azure SQL Database, which is primarily used for new applications that were developed and grown in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

A step-by-step guide to deploying, configuring, and testing a multi-AZ, multi-region SQL Server FCI in the Azure cloud, complete with a PowerShell script that handles the networking configuration.

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