Hackers are targeting Azure virtual machines (VM) using flawed Microsoft SQL servers as a stepping stone, security researchers have revealed. Microsoft’s experts recently reported observing the ...

As a result, according to Canonical's press release, "Customers on Microsoft Azure can launch fully supported instances of SQL Server 2017 or SQL Server 2019 -- Web, Standard, and Enterprise ...

This capability is meant to aid with auditing sensitive data. Vulnerability Assessment As the name implies, the Vulnerability Assessment fea­ture scans Azure SQL databases for a wide variety of ...

Defending tips Microsoft suggests using Defender for Cloud and Defender for Endpoint to catch SQL injections and suspicious SQLCMD activity, both employed in the observed attack. To mitigate the ...

We are looking at enabling Azure Communication Services soon as well. Lastly, more examples of leveraging the External REST Endpoint Invocation feature of SQL Azure are available in a GitHub repo.

Joey on SQL Server How Telemetry Is Making SQL Server and Azure SQL Better: Part 1 In the first of this two-part series, Microsoft's lead SQL architect explains how the company collects -- and ...