For example, SQL Azure Database and SQL Managed Instance both get automatically backed up by Microsoft, according to an explanation by Swati Sachdeva, program manager II for Azure Backup.

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Nearly instantaneous database backups and restores regardless of database size. Backups and restores are based upon new file snapshot technology but still support Point in Time recovery. Very fast ...

Microsoft indicated the improvements planned for the next release of the SQL Azure service will go online sometime in the fourth quarter of this year. For that release, the maximum size of SQL Azure ...

" Microsoft Azure SQL Database is a fully managed database as a service," DB-Engines said in announcing the second-place ranking. "It is built on the latest stable version of the Microsoft SQL Server ...

Microsoft SQL Azure Database, a key component of the platform, is a rival to Amazon.com's SimpleDB. Unlike that service, however, it is a relational database.