A step-by-step guide to deploying, configuring, and testing a multi-AZ, multi-region SQL Server FCI in the Azure cloud, complete with a PowerShell script that handles the networking configuration.

Pairing your on-prem SQL Server with a cloud-based instance for high availability has its challenges, but they can be overcome. Here’s how. The geographic distribution of cloud data centers makes it ...

As SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 reach the end of support in 2019, you’ll have an opportunity to upgrade to a cloud database service. Follow this step-by-step guide to manage change effectively as you ...

Microsoft took the time to unveil the name of the upcoming SQL Server, along with give updates on the Hadoop relationship at the PASS Summit 2011, held in Seattle this week. First off, Microsoft has ...

Database connectivity gives desktop and Web applications much of their value. .NET developers have products and framework objects that can tie a front-end application to SQL Server, MySQL, Sybase, ...

Microsoft announced this week that it plans to release a "General Purpose" version of its Azure Arc-enabled SQL Managed Instance (MI) at the "general availability" (GA) commercial-release stage, ...

PolyBase, a data virtualization feature for SQL Server, allows users to seamlessly query data from various external sources directly using T-SQL (Transact-SQL) without the need for separate client ...