Q&A. Azure SQL Database Edge: How Microsoft Is Giving Edge Devices a Data Boost . Microsoft introduced a new service into its "intelligent edge" portfolio at the recent Build conference.

To query any SQL database from PowerShell, you need to have the SQLPS module installed along with a few supporting packages. I am going to be focusing on the SQL Server 2012 packages in this article.

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.' ...

As mentioned earlier, you can still use SQL Agent on Azure VMs and, with some limitations, on Azure SQL Managed Instances. With all of those options competing for your attention, just remember that ...

At first glance, you might think the Data Discovery and Clas­sification (DDC) features are more relevant to data governance than data security. However, this feature enables users to discover, ...

Azure SQL Database. and. Azure SQL Data Warehouse. If there are feature gaps, you can file an issue on our. Issues page.” The feature release was made possible when dependencies in .NET Core ...

Like its larger brethren, Azure SQL Database Edge will also support graph data and comes with the same security and encryption features that can, for example, protect the data at rest and in ...

Other features of the new service include full-text search within databases, column-level access rights (something Microsoft also recently introduced for the regular Azure SQL databases), and real ...

Similar to Azure Database for PostgreSQL, the service is available on a pay-as-you-go basis, and Amazon allows interested users to purchase Reserved Instances for a one or three-year term at a ...

Azure SQL Database fared better in a ranking of "Best cloud databases of 2021" by TechRadar, published in November 2020, where it's No. 1. DB-Engines uses a variety of means for its ranking, including ...