Learn how to use the Azure Portal to create a cloud-based SQL database with just a few mouse clicks.

How to Create a Microsoft SQL Instance. Microsoft SQL is a relational database you can configure to run as multiple copies, or instances, on a single computer.

Microsoft's premade templates allows for the deployment of SQL databases without having to use complex PowerShell commands.

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.

SQL Server 2022 also includes enhanced support for JSON data, query intelligence for better performance and a Ledger feature that enables blockchain-style tamper-proofing in the database.

In addition, Azure SQL Database Edge supports representing data structures as graphs to create deeper relationships across entities.

The Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant is a functional tool that’s great for database management and migration teams that need to complete basic migrations to Microsoft databases.