SQL Server on Azure Local is generally available. Review disconnected deployment requirements, separate licensing, and ...

The cloud has become an important option for businesses of all sizes today. Even server applications like SQL Server, that many organizations once considered on-premises only, have gradually been ...

Azure Data Studio is a free Microsoft desktop tool, initially called SQL Operations Studio, that can be used to manage SQL Server databases and cloud-based Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Data ...

Azure SQL Database customers using Always Encrypted with Intel SGX must migrate to VBS enclaves or evaluate SQL Server on Azure Confidential VMs before Oct. 31, 2027.

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One of the Azure SQL-related announcements that did not get a lot of publicity at May's Microsoft Build conference was the Azure SQL Database local database experience. With all the hype around SQL ...

Microsoft announced Azure SQL Database upgrades on Thursday that promise to bring the cloud-based database service close to lock-step parity with on-premises Microsoft SQL Server capabilities.

SQL Server end of support is a recurring cost. Ascent argues moving to versionless Azure SQL ends the upgrade cycle – once, ...

The cloud is becoming increasingly distributed, with container technologies allowing easy deployment of what had been cloud functionality to devices at the edge of the network. What began with ...

With the latest public preview available, it’s time to decide if you want to upgrade to Microsoft’s most cloud-connected version of SQL Server so far. Three decades on, SQL Server is still a database ...