I was thrilled to learn that Harman was releasing yet more new color film. Harman Switch Azure joins Phoenix and Phoenix II ...

As I described here, Power BI can send SQL queries in parallel in DirectQuery mode and you can see from the Timeline column there is some parallelism happening here – the last two SQL queries ...

Set up a search indexer to index tables in Azure SQL Database for vector and full text search in Azure AI Search. In this article, learn how to configure an indexer that imports content from Azure SQL ...

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.

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 ...

Organizations are under constant pressure to modernize their estate. Legacy infrastructure, manual processes, and increasing data volumes in silos make it harder to deliver the performance, security, ...

Managing SQL Server across hybrid and multi-cloud environments has long posed a challenge for database administrators. With data sprawled across on-premises infrastructure, cloud platforms, and edge ...

Vinish Kapoor is an Oracle ACE Pro, software developer, and founder of Vinish.dev, known for his expertise in Oracle. Vinish Kapoor is an Oracle ACE Pro, software developer, and founder of Vinish.dev, ...

Abstract: XLOG is the centralized log service of the SQL Azure Hyperscale (Hyperscale) distributed database-as-a-service (DBaaS) within Microsoft Azure. It is responsible for disseminating transaction ...

Microsoft has launched Azure Arc-enabled SQL Server on Windows in the US Government, Virginia region. The Redmond giant called this a "major first step". Microsoft has recently announced that Azure ...

Microsoft is making it easier to migrate to Azure SQL by taking the grunt work out of schema setup. A new update to Azure Database Migration Service (DMS) introduces a built-in schema migration tool ...

We’re excited to announce a new migration capability in Azure Arc to simplify and accelerate SQL Server migration. This new capability, now generally available, is powered by Azure Database Migration ...