Using blobs in Azure. Like all Azure services, blob storage needs to be part of a resource group and associated with an account for billing. You start with a general-purpose Azure storage account ...

The company’s new Azure Blob Storage protection gives organizations the ability to create secure backups of unstructured data using granular blob-level recovery and policy-based automation.

The company switches on the security-enhancing feature, providing administrators with more visibility into their cloud database operations.

Druva, the leading provider of data security, is building on its strategic relationship with Microsoft and unveiling comprehensive support for Azure SQL and Azure Blob Storage. Aiming to better ...

Microsoft this week announced various Azure SQL Database improvements, including migration, high-availability and information protection options, plus some open source workload additions. Most ...

Newly added support for SQL auditing enhances regulatory compliance efforts and helps unearth potential security violations.

Azure Improves Auditing, Previews PowerShell 0.8.9. Microsoft adds Azure SQL Database auditing improvements, an Azure Websites support extension, and a cloud-based PowerShell in preview. By Kurt ...

SQL Server has supported backing up to Azure blob storage since a late release of SQL Server 2012. Still, it has always relied upon access keys or shared access signatures for authentication.

PowerShell also can be used to audit Azure SQL Database. Examples of what can be audited include data access, schema changes, data changes, security exceptions and grant/revoke permissions. The new ...