Azure SQL Managed Instance General Purpose is "a tier of Microsoft's relational database service, based on SQL Server, that operates like an on-premises SQL Server instance," Snodgrass explained ...

The combination of Azure SQL Managed Instance and Intel® Technologies deliver increased efficiency, security, and cost optimization at the database layer, while also delivering the performance ...

Microsoft this week announced various Azure SQL Database improvements, including migration, high-availability and information protection options.

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 ...

Azure SQL Database Managed Instance, which provides customers with a Microsoft-managed version of SQL Server running in the cloud, is now available in public preview.

Microsoft is promising that the Azure SQL Database Managed Instance service enables "native virtual network (VNet) support," even though the workload is hosted on Microsoft's public cloud datacenters.

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 ...

To encourage customers to make the move, Microsoft said it’s expanding its Azure Hybrid Benefit program, which provides savings of up to 30 percent on SQL Database Managed Instance bills when ...

Azure SQL Database Managed Instance is the ideal solution for an easier lift-and-shift migration of your legacy SQL Server databases to the cloud.