Azure Elastic Database Jobs Now in Public Preview. If you’ve been waiting to move your SQL Server workloads into the Azure cloud, it is time to celebrate. Microsoft is making Azure SQL Databases one ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Launching SQL Server Express on Azure is the latest move by the Redmond, Wash., software giant to widen Azure’s appeal among businesses looking to offload at least some of their IT workloads ...

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 ...