Abstract: Azure SQL DB offers disaggregated storage architecture called Hyperscale. While this architecture provides storage scale out, it comes at the cost of performance of I/O from remote storage.

Introducing a new cloud billing option for SQL Server customers, providing pay-as-you-go flexibility across on-premises and cloud environments. License by vCore [4]New Allows customers to elect to ...

Use the az sql elastic-pool update command to scale up an existing Hyperscale elastic pool. The following example scales up an existing Hyperscale elastic pool to 8 vCores and sets the per-DB min and ...

Azure SQL Managed Instance gains SQL Server 2025 update policy control. GA policy balances new engine features with operational stability governance. Enhanced update management supports enterprise ...

Microsoft is moving another core database management component into the cloud, continuing its broader shift away from traditional on-premises infrastructure. According to Neowin, the company has ...

If you’re licensing your virtual SQL Servers by core, you may be missing out on a significant opportunity to reduce costs. By reviewing and potentially reducing the number of CPU cores allocated to ...

Amid the AI-heavy headlines at Microsoft's annual conference, several behind-the-scenes updates landed that could have a major impact on how IT teams build, run and scale core infrastructure in Azure.

Enterprises need data, and data needs to be stored, with a flexible, portable environment that scales from developers’ laptops to global clouds. That storage also needs to be able to run on any OS and ...

The recent “HITS in the cloud” webinar, hosted by Altron Digital Business and Microsoft South Africa, had a single message: SQL Server remains at the centre of enterprise operations. SQL is ubiquitous ...