Landing a database administrator role takes more than just technical know‑how — it’s about showing you can keep systems secure, efficient, and resilient under pressure. Employers now expect cloud ...

Azure’s flexibility and deep integration with Microsoft services make it a top enterprise cloud choice — but also a breeding ground for complexity and waste. In 2026, organizations face rising costs, ...

It might look like a map of the London Underground designed by a madman, but Gartner's newly-completed DBMS Market Share ...

BearingPoint’s Shruti Goyal talks about zero-copy architecture and why it’s ultimately a game-changer for data teams.

Starting with SQL Server 2022 Cumulative Update 17 (CU17), you can use managed identities with SQL Server credentials to back up to and restore SQL Server on Azure VM databases from Azure Blob storage ...

Two zero-day flaws in the form of a denial of service (DoS) issue in .NET and an elevation of privilege (EoP) issue in SQL Server top the agenda for security teams in Microsoft’s latest monthly Patch ...

description Learn to design your first relational database in Azure SQL Database using the MSSQL extension for Visual Studio Code. For the purpose of this tutorial, we are using Azure SQL Database.

Abstract: Cloud database forensics faces fundamental structural challenges that differ from traditional on-premises environments. This study experimentally investigates how three representative ...

SQL Server backups cannot be restored to older versions directly. Use Export and Import Data-Tier Application for cross-version database migration. Reconfigure permissions, logins, and connection ...

Abstract: Azure SQL DB offers disaggregated storage architecture called Hyperscale. While this architecture provides storage scale out, it comes at the cost of performance of I/O from remote storage.

Microsoft is moving another core database management component into the cloud, continuing its broader shift away from traditional on-premises infrastructure. According to Neowin, the company has ...

Microsoft has moved its Model Context Protocol (MCP) support for Azure Functions to General Availability, signaling a shift toward standardized, identity-secure agentic workflows. By integrating ...