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 ...

If organizations use zone-redundant databases with the Azure SQL Database service under the Business Critical tier (also known as "Premium"), then they can now be eligible for a 99.995 percent SLA.

I've kept you informed over the years about not just the latest news and features in SQL Server, but across the entire Microsoft Data Platform, both on-premise and in the cloud. This includes ...

Microsoft Azure SQL Database is an excellent Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) solution for a wide variety of users, notable for ease of use, exemplary controls, and AI/ML optimization.

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 ...