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.

This seems like more of a server room question than one for the MS forum, but if I'm wrong let me know and I'll ask for a lock/move.In any event:I'm trying to lab up SQL Server 2008 in a 2-node ...

First, the Compute nodes look like a traditional SQL Server, but without local data files or a log file. The Compute nodes write OLTP activity to the Log Service and fetches data pages from the Page ...

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

SQL Server’s data resiliency story gets a boost thanks to the new “link feature” in Azure SQL Managed Instance. According to Kumar’s post, the link feature includes a built-in Distributed Availability ...

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.

Use the script 03-generate-embeddings.sql to generate embeddings for the AirBnb data. This script uses the the new AI_GENERATE_EMBEDDINGS function to invoke the Azure OpenAI embedding model and store ...

Joey on SQL Server How Telemetry Is Making SQL Server and Azure SQL Better: Part 1 In the first of this two-part series, Microsoft's lead SQL architect explains how the company collects -- and ...