Whether you call it a "mid-course correction" or a reset, Microsoft is rethinking its "SQL Server Services in the cloud" strategy. But this week, at the MSDN Developers Conference in San Francisco, ...

Microsoft has expanded on the details of its strategy for SQL Data Services, which was first announced in February. The next stage of the plan will be to "accelerate the delivery of core relational ...

After months of criticism that the test build of its cloud-based SQL Data Services (SDS) lacked the horsepower for enterprise-grade applications, Microsoft is scrapping the effort and moving to a pure ...

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 ...

The idea of "SQL Server in the cloud" is all the rage as I write this article. Many SQL Server experts already predict the demise of the IT data center and a complete upending of the current state of ...

The Linux version of Microsoft SQL Server 2016 v.Next is a viable option for customers who want to deploy the RDBMS on an open source platform, but the early previews lack some features of the core ...

Microsoft broke new ground in scalability when it launched Azure SQL Database Hyperscale. Here's what it took to make Microsoft's hyperscale vision work with the existing Azure infrastructure. When ...

Over the years, servers have suffered terribly from malicious attacks that users had to take precautions now and then. Because of that, internet users need to determine how to repair a database in an ...

Microsoft Corp., which last year announced plans to bring a limited version of its SQL Server database online, now plans to offer a fully capable cloud version. Microsoft told The Register earlier ...

PolyBase, a data virtualization feature for SQL Server, allows users to seamlessly query data from various external sources directly using T-SQL (Transact-SQL) without the need for separate client ...