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 step-by-step guide to manage change effectively as ...

Using Azure SQL Database Edge, organizations can stream data while implementing time-windowing, aggregation and filter capabilities to gain deeper insights into their data.

On August 30, Microsoft announced the public preview of the Azure Database Migration Service (DMS) to support online migrations of various databases to Azure. What's an 'online migration'? Online ...

By using a single tool like PowerShell, you can access your data wherever it is stored. It does not matter if it is in the cloud in an Azure SQL database or in an on-premises MS-SQL server, MySQL or ...

Q&A Azure SQL Database Edge: How Microsoft Is Giving Edge Devices a Data Boost Microsoft introduced a new service into its "intelligent edge" portfolio at the recent Build conference.

One of the Azure SQL-related announcements that did not get a lot of publicity at May's Microsoft Build conference was the Azure SQL Database local database experience. With all the hype around ...

In this article, the author shows how to use big data query and processing language U-SQL on Azure Data Lake Analytics platform. U-SQL combines the concepts and constructs both of SQL and C#.

The world of the data professionals and DBAs is swirling with threats and risks, and those dangers are on the rise. You're probably accustomed to using longstanding database fea­tures to secure your ...

Learn how to use the Azure Portal to create a cloud-based SQL database with just a few mouse clicks.