This offering is in the Azure SQL Database family, though it bears more resemblance to your traditional on-premises SQL Server than it does to the cloud Database as a Service (DBaaS) product.

Azure SQL Database typically receives new features ahead of SQL Server, which allows Microsoft to see how these features operate in the wild and to understand how widely they are being used.

Microsoft releases SQL Server 2022 flagship database, unites on-premises and cloud services. Andrew Brust. November 16, 2022 8:15 AM ... This isn’t an Azure-specific premise, either.

Azure SQL Database has a new feature in preview called "Managed Instances" that offers greater compatibility between on-premises SQL Server and the cloud variant, again to make workload migration ...

To query any SQL database from PowerShell, you need to have the SQLPS module installed along with a few supporting packages. I am going to be focusing on the SQL Server 2012 packages in this article.

The Azure Hybrid Benefit will now provide customers with up to 30 percent savings on their SQL Database Managed Instance bill when they migrate their existing SQL Server licenses to the cloud.

Database, SQL Server, and Azure SQL Database Edge. Bi-directional data movement between the edge and on-premise or the cloud for an intelligent store-and-forward pattern; Strong security built into ...

About 5,500 of the SQL Server faithful came out for the PASS Summit 2018 in Seattle last November. As usual, the event had the feel of a great big family reunion. It's always a fun time, with lots of ...

Microsoft today released SQL Server 2022, the latest version of its database software, which originally launched more than 33 years ago. Microsoft describes this release as the "most Azure-enabled ...

In Azure SQL Database you can also set a HISTORY_RETENTION_PERIOD (and should be able to do it in SQL Server 2017) to control how far back in time your history will extend. Converting Existing Table ...