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 ...

Figure 2. Successful Azure PowerShell Connection Output. Although this next step might have been set for other reasons, you must have a server firewall rule setup to allow incoming SQL connections ...

SQL Server’s data resiliency story gets a boost thanks to the new “link feature” in Azure SQL Managed Instance. According to Kumar’s post, the link feature includes a built-in Distributed Availability ...

If you rent SQL Server in Azure, the price of SQL Server stays the same. For Standard and Enterprise edition, respectively, the monthly price per core will remain at $73 and $274.

Recently Microsoft announced Azure Monitor SQL Insights for Azure SQL in public preview. With the preview, customers will get a flexible canvas for telemetry collection, analysis, and rich custom ...

For SQL Server and Windows Server 2012 or 2012 R2, you’ll get free ESUs on Azure until July 12, 2025; Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 extended support goes away on October 10, 2026.

The full list of supported data stores includes: SQL Server Azure SQL Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL PostgreSQL Azure Database for PostgreSQL Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL MySQL Azure Database for MySQL ...

The mssql extension for Visual Studio Code, used to support SQL Server connections and T-SQL editing, has been updated with IntelliCode functionality and a new Object Explorer, among other new ...