Joey on SQL Server A Deep Dive Inside Azure SQL Database, Part 2 In the second part of this series, Joey describes the methods that Microsoft uses to manage code rollouts, and how it detects ...

When you need a SQL database fast, the cloud is the best way to go. Azure provides a SQL database as a PaaS that eliminates the need to get an entire SQL Server deployment up and running.

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.

Users also get the Query Store hints that database developers can already use to tell in Azure SQL DB and Managed SQL Instances to help speed up queries without rewriting them.

As Microsoft today announced during its Build developer conference keynote in San Francisco, its new Azure SQL Database elastic databases (yep, that's the complete name) allow developers to gather ...

Microsoft has announced a private preview of Copilot in Azure SQL Database, an AI assistant that improves productivity in the Azure portal by offering natural language to SQL conversion, along ...

Although Azure SQL Edge can operate with a direct connection to Azure SQL instances in the cloud, it’s designed to function as a stand-alone database on disconnected, low-power systems.

Microsoft recently announced the public preview of Azure SQL Database External REST Endpoint Integration – an ability to call a REST endpoint natively from Azure SQL Database.

Microsoft has announced a private preview of Copilot for SQL Azure, which offers a natural language for SQL conversion and self-help for database administration.

By using a single tool like PowerShell, you can access your data wherever it is stored. It does not matter if it is in the cloud in an Azure SQL database or in an on-premises MS-SQL server, MySQL or ...