Enabling real-time data warehousing with Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Gaining insights rapidly from data is critical to competitiveness in today’s business world. Azure SQL Data Warehouse (SQL DW), Microsoft’s fully managed analytics platform leverages Massively Parallel...
View ArticleData models within Azure Analysis Services and Power BI
In a world where self-service and speed of delivery are key priorities in any reporting BI solution, the importance of creating a comprehensive and performant data semantic model layer is sometimes...
View ArticleReservations now available for US Government cloud regions
Reservations are now generally available for US government Azure customers. Reservations are available for virtual machines, SQL Server and Cosmos DB for US Government and US DoD Azure...
View ArticleAzure Cosmos DB – A polymorphic database for an expanding data universe
There is a discussion that occurs frequently in the data world today, which centers around comparisons between traditional databases that are based on relational theory e.g. Oracle or SQL Server and a...
View ArticleStatic Data Masking for Azure SQL Database and SQL Server
The SQL Security team is pleased to share the public preview release of Static Data Masking. Static Data Masking is a data protection feature that helps users sanitize sensitive data in a copy of their...
View ArticleThree reasons why Windows Server and SQL Server customers continue to choose...
For the past 25 years, companies of every size have trusted Windows Server and SQL Server to run their business-critical workloads. In fact, more than 70 percent of on-premises server workloads today...
View ArticleAutomate Always On availability group deployments with SQL Virtual Machine...
We are excited to share that a new, automated way to configure high availability solutions for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) is now available using our SQL VM resource provider.To get...
View ArticleAzure Backup can automatically protect SQL databases in Azure VM through...
We are excited to share the auto-protection capability for SQL Server in Azure Virtual Machines (VM). This is a key addition to the public preview of Azure Backup for SQL Server on Azure VM, announced...
View ArticleOur 2019 Resolution: Help you transform your 2008 server applications with...
This blog post was co-authored by Erin Chapple, CVP, Microsoft Windows Server, and Rohan Kumar, CVP, Microsoft Data.The beginning of a new year is always a time to reflect on our plans. At Microsoft,...
View ArticleNow available for preview: Workload importance for Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Azure SQL Data Warehouse is a fast, flexible and secure analytics platform for enterprises of all sizes. Today we are announcing the preview availability of workload importance on the Gen2 platform to...
View ArticleThanks for 10 years and welcome to a new chapter in SQL innovation
Tomorrow, July 9, 2019, marks the end of extended support for SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2. These releases transformed the database industry, with all the core components of a database platform built-in...
View ArticleEnsuring customer success: Introducing the Azure Migration Program
Last July, I shared our approach to helping customers migrate to Azure. Since then, we’ve seen tremendous customer response working with organizations such as Allscripts, Chevron, J.B. Hunt, and...
View ArticleRun Windows Server and SQL Server workloads seamlessly across your hybrid...
In recent weeks, we’ve been talking about the many reasons why Windows Server and SQL Server customers choose Azure. Security is a major concern when moving to the cloud, and Azure gives you the tools...
View ArticleReservations now available for US Government cloud regions
Reservations are now generally available for US government Azure customers. Reservations are available for virtual machines, SQL Server and Cosmos DB for US Government and US DoD Azure...
View ArticleIntroducing Azure AI Foundry Labs: A hub for the latest AI research and...
Today we’re launching Azure AI Foundry Labs, a hub for developers, startups, and enterprises to explore groundbreaking innovations from research at Microsoft. Foundry Labs unites cutting-edge research...
View ArticleAI innovation starts here—join Microsoft at NVIDIA GTC
AI is within reach of any company, large or small. But many companies are unclear where and how to practically apply AI within their business; have concerns about security, privacy and compliance; and...
View ArticleAzure NetApp Files: Revolutionizing silicon design for high-performance...
High-performance computing (HPC) workloads place significant demands on cloud infrastructure, requiring robust and scalable resources to handle complex and intensive computational tasks. These...
View ArticleEmpowering innovation: The next generation of the Phi family
We are excited to announce Phi-4-multimodal and Phi-4-mini, the newest models in Microsoft’s Phi family of small language models (SLMs). These models are designed to empower developers with advanced...
View ArticleAnnouncing new models, customization tools, and enterprise agent upgrades in...
At Microsoft, we are dedicated to advancing AI innovation to empower organizations, transform industries, and redefine productivity. Today, we are excited to announce major updates to Azure AI...
View ArticleMicrosoft completes landmark EU Data Boundary, offering enhanced data...
At Microsoft, we remain committed to enabling European businesses to thrive by providing the tools and support necessary to drive their success and give our customers throughout the European Union...
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