A new report from research firm GigaOm indicated that SQL Server runs faster on virtual machines on Micrososft's Azure cloud than on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) compute instances (EC2). Sponsored by ...

PolyBase, a data virtualization feature for SQL Server, allows users to seamlessly query data from various external sources directly using T-SQL (Transact-SQL) without the need for separate client ...

Microsoft today released SQL Server 2022, the latest version of its database software, which originally launched more than 33 years ago. Microsoft describes this release as the “most Azure-enabled ...

This book aims to explain the various versions of SQL Server in Azure, how does it fare? Businesses are increasingly moving applications to cloud infrastructure, owing to its many advantages (e.g.

Aidan Finn detailed a variety of different options for architecting with Azure ExpressRoute. Through the service, Microsoft provides private layer 2 and layer 3 network connectivity, spanning on-prem ...

Hackers have been observed trying to breach cloud environments through Microsoft SQL Servers vulnerable to SQL injection. Microsoft's security researchers report that this lateral movement technique ...

Microsoft today announced a slew of new collaboration and productivity services to kick off its Ignite conference in Orlando, Florida. Azure took the spotlight, headlined by Azure Arc -- which ...

Now with the subtitle The Next-Generation Cloud Database with AI and Microsoft Fabric, this is an updated edition of a popular Azure SQL book, written by an insider with a wealth of knowledge and ...