Microsoft’s Scott Guthrie, executive vice president of its Cloud and AI Group, speaks at Microsoft Build 2019. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Cloud customers are getting used to the idea of paying ...

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Developers and independent software vendors who often run hundreds — or even thousands — of separate databases for their customers now have a new option to manage them while keeping costs predictable.

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Microsoft's drive to put Azure SQL Data Warehouse on more equal footing with SQL Server is finally paying off. Azure SQL Data Warehouse gets less press than its online transaction processing brethren, ...

If you are an old hand at Microsoft SQL Server, you have probably used the SQL Server Agent (i.e., SQL Agent) service and MSDB database for the last 20 years. With a humble and largely unchanged ...

Microsoft's cloud DBaaS has had a whirlwind month with the introduction of managed instances, database migration tools and more. Here's what each feature does and when to use it. This month, Microsoft ...

One of the most fundamental aspects of computing infrastructure will play a key role in Microsoft’s Ignite 2018 pitch to developers and customers, with several new database features competing for ...

From immutable ledgers in SQL Azure to in-memory cache in Cosmos DB, Microsoft is adding more features to its Azure data platform. If you’re building cloud-native applications you need a reliable, ...

SolarWinds has expanded its database performance management portfolio with the launch of SolarWinds Database Insights for SQL Server. Uniting the features and functionality of the SolarWinds Database ...