It’s no surprise that Cosmos DB supports server-side code, with a built-in set of JavaScript APIs that run transactional code inside the database, much like your SQL Server stored procedures.

Microsoft has just added support for query hints to Azure SQL Database, giving database administrators a powerful tool to manage the performance of ISV application code. Here's how it works.

Elastic Jobs is specific to Azure SQL Database and allows you to execute T-SQL across a group of databases. This feature is still in preview of this writing, but it was introduced in 2015, so it ...

Azure SQL’s hyperscale tier is a new option for one of the oldest Azure platform services. Designed for databases with up to 100TB of storage, it adds Azure Blob-based snapshots for rapid ...

The integration massively reduces difficulties in integrating Azure services with Azure SQL Database. With only one line of code, according to the company, the Azure SQL database can integrate ...

Azure SQL Database now supports native vector storage and processing, ... leading to ultra-fast deployments, superior code quality, and a highly cohesive, efficient engineering team. ...

Azure SQL database To start, log in to Microsoft Azure using your administrative credentials. From the Home or Dashboard screen, click the Create a resource (+) link.

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 ...

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 ...

Azure SQL Edge, Azure corporate vice president Julia White writes in today’s announcement, “brings to the edge the same performant, secure and easy to manage SQL engine that our customers love ...