SQL Database for Azure service tiers allow Microsoft Azure customers to adjust their cloud-based SQL setups according to their performance needs. Microsoft has a total of four SQL service tiers ...

BigStock Photo Microsoft is making a series of enhancements to its Azure SQL Database, including a new “Premium RS” tier, as the big public cloud providers roll out new database products and ...

The Premium tier, designed for mission-critical databases, will allow a database up to 500GB in size. Standard, described as "the go-to option for getting started with cloud-designed business ...

Microsoft is retiring its SQL Web and Business cloud-database service tiers in April 2015 and replacing them with new Basic, Standard and Premium ones. Written by Mary Jo Foley, Senior ...

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

The relational Database as a Service (DaaS) cloud offering is getting Basic and Standard service tiers to join the Premium tier. All are offered as preview services now and are expected to replace the ...