Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance are what are known as Platform as a Service (PaaS) offerings, which means the vendor provides nearly all of the infrastructure services of the ...

The Query Store hints feature is available in Azure SQL Database Managed Instance, and like most database engine features, I would expect it to make its way into SQL Server at some point in the ...

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.