Using a connection to Azure Arc, which is part of the SQL Server 2022 setup process, on-premises users can now also opt for cloud-enabled billing to manage consumption spikes or for ad hoc use cases.

The clock is ticking on Microsoft’s Extended Support for SQL Server 2008/R2, unless you migrate to the Azure cloud. Here’s how ...

SSMA currently automates the migrations to SQL Server from Oracle, Access, Db2, MySQL, and SAP ASE, including the conversion of data­base schemas to Microsoft SQL Server schemas and deployment of ...

Microsoft Defender for Cloud can protect on-premises SQL databases through SQL Server Extension for Azure, which can now be installed when setting up SQL Server, and users can use Azure AD ...

When you run SQL Server on Azure, ... think moving from on-premises VMs to cloud-based VMs is trivial. While a lot of things will stay the same in a lift-and-shift migration, ...

Microsoft adds retail pricing and cost breakdowns to SQL Server migration assessments in Azure Arc, making planning faster and easier.

The only way to get extended support for 2008 versions of Windows and SQL Server is in the cloud. Here's why you should be thinking about 2012 migrations now as well.

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 ...

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 ...