Microsoft Corp. today announced new cloud-hosted versions of its SQL Server database service as two older on-premises varieties finally will see the end of extended support Tuesday.

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

Database backups and restores are key to developing a secure environment for users’ information. A trusted backup plan is a requirement for on-premise and cloud instances. SQL Server database backups ...

Cloud computing is stretching the relational database management system (RDBMS) model to the breaking point. Geir Magnusson, a cloud computing expert, discusses various options developers have for ...

Hey all,<BR><BR>I am working on a project that uses a database as a backend. I've never used a DB before, so I began by reading a general SQL book. When I was ready to go, I downloaded the trial ...