For example, an 8-core general-purpose Managed Instance costs $1,472.75 per month, and the SQL Server licensing component makes up $584 of that cost, so the total cost would be $889 per month ...

But the Azure cloud and a forthcoming public preview of SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters on July 24th, should provide some consolation.

Your compute costs for Azure will remain the same for these VMs. However, you can dramatically reduce your SQL Server licensing costs by using this option. It's All About the Storage ...

For SQL Server and Windows Server 2012 or 2012 R2, you’ll get free ESUs on Azure until July 12, 2025; Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 extended support goes away on October 10, 2026.

Azure Database for PostgreSQL: Fast facts Pricing: Pay as you go model. Key features AI-powered intelligent performance optimization. Geospatial support. Postgres version 11 supports up to 37 ...

Using a connection to Azure Arc, which is part of the SQL Server 2022 setup process, on-premises users can now also opt for cloud-enabled billing to manage consumption spikes or for ad hoc use cases.

Microsoft and Canonical announced support for Microsoft SQL Server with Ubuntu Pro on Microsoft Azure. The support helps deliver a cost-effective solution for enterprise data management.

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 ...