Azure SQL vs SQL Server in 2026: compare cost, features, AI, and migration paths, plus when Managed Instance beats Azure VM in one clear framework.

Microsoft's Data API Builder is designed to help developers expose database objects through REST and GraphQL without building a full data access layer from scratch. In this Q&A, Steve Jones previews ...

BearingPoint’s Shruti Goyal talks about zero-copy architecture and why it’s ultimately a game-changer for data teams.

When using SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) in Azure Data Factory (ADF), you should join your Azure-SSIS integration runtime (IR) to a virtual network in the following scenarios: You want to ...

This article describes how to schedule the starting and stopping of an Azure-SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) integration runtime (IR) by using Azure Data Factory and Azure Synapse Analytics. An ...

Azure SQL Managed Instance gains SQL Server 2025 update policy control. GA policy balances new engine features with operational stability governance. Enhanced update management supports enterprise ...

Abstract: Azure SQL DB offers disaggregated storage architecture called Hyperscale. While this architecture provides storage scale out, it comes at the cost of performance of I/O from remote storage.

Microsoft is moving another core database management component into the cloud, continuing its broader shift away from traditional on-premises infrastructure. According to Neowin, the company has ...

Azure Local and IoT Operations received a broad set of updates this week as Microsoft moved to expand AI-enabled edge computing across hybrid and highly distributed environments. The enhancements, ...

Enterprises need data, and data needs to be stored, with a flexible, portable environment that scales from developers’ laptops to global clouds. That storage also needs to be able to run on any OS and ...

The issue affected Microsoft 365, Outlook, Xbox Live, and other services Over 16,000 outage reports were logged on Downdetector during the event A final Post Incident Review will be shared with ...

Microsoft experienced an outage across its Azure and Microsoft 365 services Wednesday that disrupted a wide range of operations worldwide, from banks to airlines to gaming platforms. The downtime came ...