The cloud has become an important option for businesses of all sizes today. Even server applications like SQL Server, that many organizations once considered on-premises only, have gradually been ...

This book aims to explain the various versions of SQL Server in Azure, how does it fare? Businesses are increasingly moving applications to cloud infrastructure, owing to its many advantages (e.g.

Now with the subtitle The Next-Generation Cloud Database with AI and Microsoft Fabric, this is an updated edition of a popular Azure SQL book, written by an insider with a wealth of knowledge and ...

Knowing how to automate tasks in the cloud will make you a more productive DBA. Here are the key concepts to understand about cloud scripting and a rundown of the best tools for automating code in ...

Welcome to the first of a two-part series. In this first part, I'll talk about the physical infrastructure that Microsoft uses to ensure availability and provide a high degree of uptime for the Azure ...

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 ...

Research firm GigaOm compared throughput performance between SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines and SQL Server on AWS EC2, finding the former enjoyed a definite speed edge. "Azure emerged as the ...

Microsoft Azure offers cloud benefits with familiar functionality. In a world of constant innovation and technological advances — and also increasingly sophisticated security threats — modernization ...

Although there is a baseline price for whichever VM workload model you select, what you ultimately pay depends on a variety of options and configuration variables. Not only do you choose between ...