Azure goes database crazy with one new NoSQL and two new SQL services There's also a nifty new browser-based admin shell. Ars Staff – May 10, 2017 11:00 am | 33 ...

Azure SQL’s hyperscale tier is a new option for one of the oldest Azure platform services. Designed for databases with up to 100TB of storage, it adds Azure Blob-based snapshots for rapid ...

SQL and NoSQL databases offer different tradeoffs. While they may compete in the context of a specific project—as in, which to choose for this application or that application—they are ...

SQL Server and relational databases (RDBMS) have been the go-to databases for over 20 years. However, the increased need to process higher volumes and varieties of data at a rapid rate has altered the ...

With a distributed database that is also a NoSQL database, high transactional workloads suddenly became easier to build and manage. Azure Cosmos DB is a database platform that offers distributed data ...

However, the success of relational databases could be boiled down to two practical considerations: momentum and the power of the SQL query language. So-called “NoSQL” technology seems to run ...

Choose a SQL Server trial, edition, tool, or connector that best meets your data and workload needs. Get the full-featured free edition, licensed for use as a development and test database in a ...

Simplifying Database Migrations with Azure SQL . By migrating their databases to Azure, customers like Ernst and Young are modernizing their data estate and leveraging cutting-edge cloud innovations.