Then enterprises must dedicate Azure VM attached disks for database data, according to McDermid. Management tools, such as Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer, AzCopy, PowerShell, and SQL Management ...

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.

Alternately, the scaling operation might be inward or outward across compute notes. Scaling takes as much as 2 minutes. Hyperscale is available for an individual database using the vCore-based ...

Microsoft this week announced various Azure SQL Database improvements, including migration, high-availability and information protection options.

The new version of Microsoft's flagship database comes with a slew of cloud-oriented features, including integration with Azure SQL Database, Azure Synapse Analytics, and the Azure Purview data ...

SQL Server 2016 will provide a migration wizard that helps administrators select and configure database instances in Microsoft Azure and then move system objects and SQL Server settings along with ...