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

Azure SQL Database Managed Instance is the ideal solution for an easier lift-and-shift migration of your legacy SQL Server databases to the cloud. Azure services help IT teams migrate data to ...

Microsoft Corp. today announced a slew of new services and updates to its Azure public cloud platform designed to make it easier for users to migrate database workloads to its cloud data centers.M ...

Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL Server was described by Kumar as an expansion of the "Azure Hybrid Benefit" program, which originally was associated with migrating Windows Server workloads. Microsoft ...

As SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 reach the end of support in 2019, you’ll have an opportunity to upgrade to a cloud database service. Follow this Skip to content ...

"Whether you are looking to run your SQL Server workload in an Azure VM or via the SQL Database managed service, there's no better time than now to move your enterprise workloads to the cloud or build ...

Microsoft’s offer: “Customers who migrate workloads to Azure virtual machines will have access to Extended Security Updates for both SQL Server and Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 for three ...

Microsoft is touting the use of an apparently new "Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL Server" program as a way to pay the costs of using Azure SQL Database Managed Instance. Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL ...

Microsoft announced a bevy of improvements to its cloud-based data products, including the Azure SQL Database Update V12 (preview), sporting new security features and bringing it closer to full SQL ...