While Microsoft obviously already offers Azure SQL as an option for developers who need a relational database, that’s not exactly a drop-in replacement for MySQL, for example, and developers ...

Microsoft recently announced a new set of integrations with Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server and the Microsoft Power Platform and Azure- making it easier to develop solutions for ...

Microsoft's Azure Database for MySQL now features a public preview of triggers for Azure Functions, enabling real-time data processing with event-driven automation. This innovative integration allows ...

Azure Database on MySQL and Azure Database on PostgreSQL were both described as "community editions" by Sunil Kamath of the Azure Database engineering team in a Microsoft video. Both meet various ...

Azure now offers paid Extended Support for MySQL 5.7 and 8.0, providing security updates and SLA coverage beyond community EOL.

It's also possible to manually classify columns of data. There's a dashboard for viewing database classifications as well. The service also can be combined with the Azure SQL Database Auditing service ...

Microsoft dubs it the 'first globally distributed, multi-model database service delivering turnkey global distribution with guaranteed uptime and millisecond latency at the 99th percentile.' Also ...

Azure goes database crazy with one new NoSQL and two new SQL services There's also a nifty new browser-based admin shell.

The Azure Database Migration Service is still at the preview stage. Microsoft's next planned open source addition to Azure Database will be the MariaDB database management system, a MySQL variant.