Microsoft offers two paths for running enterprise databases: SQL Server, which you install and manage yourself, and Azure SQL, which Microsoft runs for you as a managed service. Both use the same ...

Choosing the right data platform is critical for the modern enterprise. These platforms not only store and protect enterprise data, but also serve as analytics engines that source insights for pivotal ...

Data isn't just oil anymore; it’s the oxygen your enterprise breathes. In 2026, the volume of data flowing through the average mid-to-large enterprise isn't just massive—it’s complex, messy, and ...

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?

When Catalyst, a customer success platform, rearchitected its SaaS data infrastructure using TiDB to overcome scalability and performance issues, it achieved up to 60x faster queries and a more ...

To help organizations unlock the full potential of their data for the AI era, IBM is unveiling IBM Db2 12.1.2, the latest iteration of its flexible, AI-powered database. With enhancements to security, ...

Fully managed relational database offering that supports common SQL Server features. You can create a SQL Database elastic database pool, where all databases in the pool share the same set of compute ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) processing rests on the use of vectorised data. In other words, AI turns real-world information into data that can be used to gain insight, searched for and manipulated.

This article teaches you how to configure a failover group for single and pooled databases in Azure SQL Database by using the Azure portal, Azure PowerShell, and the Azure CLI. ::: zone ...

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