Storage and performance can be quite different in the cloud. It's important to choose the right VM size and configure your storage properly to keep SQL Server workloads running smoothly. Microsoft ...

With Extended Support for SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2 ending in July 2019, to be followed six months later by the end of Extended Support for Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 in January 2020 ...

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 ...

SQL Server 2022 customers will see benefits in the areas of data integration, analytics, governance, and high availability thanks to the database’s enhanced connectivity to the Azure cloud, Microsoft ...

Microsoft SQL Server 2008/R2 reach end of support; SQL Server 2019 and Azure await Microsoft's database releases from 2008 and 2010 reach end of extended support.

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.

In the first of this two-part series, Microsoft's lead SQL architect explains how the company collects -- and secures -- telemetry data from Azure SQL Database customers to improve its engineering ...

You can see database usage patterns over time on SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and Azure Synapse Analytics, within or outside of elastic pools.

To connect Windows Server machines to Azure, you can either use Azure Arc, Microsoft PowerShell, or Windows Admin Center. Check out this guide to know more.