AWS released an update to its Relational Database Service (RDS) that allows users to take advantage of native SQL Server backup and restore functionality. AWS beat Microsoft Azure to market with this ...

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 ...

SQL Server on Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines (VM) had up to 86.8 percent better price-performance when comparing Azure Hybrid Benefit to AWS License Mobility for three-year compute commitment, and ...

AWS announces Amazon RDS on VMware ... (Image: Asha Barbaschow/ZDNet) ... Jassy said Amazon RDS on VMware will support Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, ...

The Amazon RDS for SQL Server engine will automatically grow the size of your database volume as your database storage needs grow, up to a maximum of 16 TB or a maximum you define. Storage scaling is ...

By Sudarshan Roy and Rajib Sadhu, Sr. Database Architects at AWS. Many customers choose to run their Microsoft SQL Server workloads on Amazon RDS for SQL Server to take advantage of its fully-managed ...