Microsoft this week announced various Azure SQL Database improvements, including migration, high-availability and information protection options, plus some open source workload additions. Most ...

Microsoft is promising that the Azure SQL Database Managed Instance service enables "native virtual network support," even though the workload is hosted on Microsoft's public cloud datacenters. It's ...

Microsoft announced updates to many Azure services this week, previewing new services and moving others from preview to general availability as full working versions. For those running virtual ...

If you are an old hand at Microsoft SQL Server, you have probably used the SQL Server Agent (i.e., SQL Agent) service and MSDB database for the last 20 years. With a humble and largely unchanged ...

In fact, SQL Server has pro­duced the fewest security vulnerabilities of all the major database platforms for many years, beating industry stalwarts such as Oracle and MySQL. One area where Microsoft ...

Failing to prioritise database administration may not trigger alarms at first – but over time, the costs add up: Downtime and ...

Oracle Database Service for Azure gives Microsoft Azure customers direct access to Oracle databases residing in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Topics Spotlight: New Thinking about Cloud Computing ...

Microsoft announced a preview last week of a new SQL Information Protection service, which can be used with the Azure SQL Database service or with SQL Server on premises. SQL Information Protection ...