Microsoft announced a smorgasbord of updates to its Azure cloud platform today, primarily aimed at helping companies migrate database workloads to its datacenters. These workloads are typically ...

While Microsoft’s big Azure database news today is the launch of Cosmos DB, its new “planet-scale” distributed database service, there is a good chance that many developers will actually be more ...

During the opening day of the Build 2017, Microsoft has announced two new additions to its Azure SQL service with MySQL and PostgreSQL, and has also launched a new NoSQL database called Cosmos DB.

Recent updates to Microsoft's Azure SQL Database service include migration, high-availability and information protection options, and other improvements. Microsoft's aim with these improvements is ...

Microsoft launched its Azure Database for MySQL and PostgreSQL services to general availability (GA) in 2018. When those services began their preview the year before, the notion that Microsoft itself ...

Microsoft announced on Monday that it plans to "retire" its Azure Database for MariaDB service on Sept. 19, 2025. The announcement recommended that organizations using Azure Database for MariaDB ...

Microsoft this week announced various Azure SQL Database improvements, including migration, high-availability and information protection options, plus some open source workload additions. Most ...

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Microsoft today announced an interesting update to its database lineup with the preview of Azure SQL Database Edge, a new tool that brings the same database engine that powers Azure SQL Database in ...

Microsoft has announced a private preview of Copilot in Azure SQL Database, an AI assistant that improves productivity in the Azure portal by offering natural language to SQL conversion, along with ...