I've been playing around with the new Microsoft service, currently in preview and it's time to show off what it can do. Have you ever struggled with a database performance problem or ever struggled to ...

One of the Azure SQL-related announcements that did not get a lot of publicity at May's Microsoft Build conference was the Azure SQL Database local database experience. With all the hype around SQL ...

Microsoft Corp. today is introducing updates across its database portfolio as part of general availability announcements for Azure DocumentDB and SQL Server 2025. The software and cloud giant is also ...

At the Ignite conference today, Microsoft made a series of announcements about Azure databases. It announced a brand-new Azure database called HorizonDB, which is a fully managed PostgreSQL database ...

And Nehme is gung-ho, asserting that developers should use Cosmos DB for any new Azure-based application. That's a bold statement, especially for a former member of the SQL Server team who worked on ...

Microsoft is going to add a free tier to its CosmosDB offering. Officials accidentally announced its plan on March 4, but will make the announcement official on March 6. "You may have seen that we ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Dany Lepage discusses the architectural ...

Microsoft is bringing even more database options into the Microsoft Fabric fold, alongside a series of initiatives that aim to help tackle enterprise data complexity. For literally generations of ...

American technology giants AWS, Google, and Microsoft dominate the global cloud database management systems (DBMS) market.