Microsoft plans to release a "General Purpose" version of its Azure Arc-enabled SQL Managed Instance (MI) at the "general availability" (GA) commercial-release stage, "starting July 30, 2021." ...

A metadata-driven ETL framework using Azure Data Factory boosts scalability, flexibility, and security in integrating diverse ...

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.

SQL Server 2022 also features integration with Azure Purview, which assures that the cloud-based data governance platform encompasses SQL Server data, bringing data stored on-premises into its ...

Whether it's Microsoft's on-premises flagship SQL Server, PC thorn-in-the-side Access, or in-cloud options like Azure SQL Database, SQL Data Warehouse, Cosmos DB, Blob, file and table storage or ...

The open source project's GitHub repo notes that it can be used for on-premises data stores, also. "It's been a long road, getting from there to here," Microsoft's Jerry Nixon said in a blog post ...

Branded as Azure Arc enabled data services, the service supports running Azure SQL Managed Instance and Azure PostgreSQL Hyperscale in on-premises data centers, multi-cloud and the edge.

Introducing Data API builder. Designed to run on premises, at the edge, and in the cloud, Data API builder is an open source tool targeting five different databases: Azure SQL, SQL Server ...

Microsoft has also added BizTalk and a free version of Active Directory to the list of generally available services on Azure. With Windows Azure Active Directory, IT staff can manage user access ...

Microsoft announces completion of cross-platform SQL Server, GDPR compliance for Office 365, plus Azure Stack ...