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 ...

Take advantage of Azure Functions to run small pieces of code that can be triggered by events in the Azure cloud. Azure Functions is the serverless compute offering in the Microsoft Azure cloud.

If you are an old hand at Microsoft SQL Server, you have probably used the SQL Server Agent (i.e., SQL Agent) service and MSDB database for the last 20 years. With a humble and largely unchanged ...

Microsoft's cloud DBaaS has had a whirlwind month with the introduction of managed instances, database migration tools and more. Here's what each feature does and when to use it. This month, Microsoft ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Vivek Yadav, an engineering manager from ...

One of the advantages of the cloud is scale. We don’t call the big three cloud platforms hyperscale for nothing; they have massive data centers all around the world with millions of servers that can ...