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 ...

Unlock the power of event-driven architecture with AWS's innovative pattern for Amazon RDS SQL Server. This approach ...

Regular cumulative updates ensure SQL Server stability, security and lifecycle management.

Microsoft has announced a new January 2026 update for Microsoft Azure Database for MySQL (Flexible Server), continuing its broader push toward tighter Azure monitoring and platform standardization. As ...

At today’s Ignite 2025 event, Microsoft announced one of the biggest Azure data updates in years. The company has announced the general availability of SQL Server 2025. That has come after a long ...

With the official release of Microsoft's latest database offering, let's see what was improved and what still needs some work. Today, at Ignite, Microsoft announced the general availability of SQL ...

A massive 4TB SQL Server backup file belonging to global accounting giant Ernst & Young (EY) was discovered publicly accessible on Microsoft Azure. The exposure, uncovered by cybersecurity firm Neo ...

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. On Azure’s status page, Microsoft’s messages have ...

Microsoft Azure, the company’s cloud computing service, has experienced an outage just one week after issues with AWS took out swaths of the internet. The issues impacted Microsoft’s services that run ...

The Server and Cloud Enrollment (SCE) is a licensing program under the Microsoft Enterprise Agreement (EA). Hence, it allows organizations to standardize on one or more Microsoft Server and Cloud ...

Which feature in SQL Server and Azure Synapse Analytics lets you run T-SQL queries against external data stores and makes those external sources appear as tables in a SQL database?

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 ...