While Microsoft's big Azure database news today is the launch of Cosmos DB, its new "planet-scale" distributed database service, there is a good chance that many developers will be more interested ...

Microsoft this week announced the commercial availability of Azure Database services for both MySQL and PostgreSQL.

Lastly, Service details are available on the Azure Database for MySQL documentation landing page and pricing on the pricing page. In addition, there is a free account available to try out the service.

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

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 SQL Database has a new feature in preview called "Managed Instances" that offers greater compatibility between on-premises SQL Server and the cloud variant, again to make workload migration ...

American technology giant Oracle is focusing on distributed cloud and has added Oracle Database@Azure and MySQL HeatWave Lakehouse on AWS to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).

Both MySQL and PostgreSQL are now generally available on the Azure Database service, Microsoft announced recently.