Microsoft plans to release a 'General Purpose' version of its Azure Arc-enabled SQL Managed Instance (MI) at the 'general availability' (GA) commercial-release stage, 'starting July 30, 2021.' ...

Unlike Azure SQL Database, Managed Instances are priced using a more traditional model. Users simply select the number of virtual cores -- eight, 16 or 24 -- and the rest of the configuration.

A metadata-driven ETL framework using Azure Data Factory boosts scalability, flexibility, and security in integrating diverse ...

Again, the entire process is orchestrated and managed using Kubernetes. OK—But How? On the administrative side, Microsoft provides a layer called the Azure Resource Manager (ARM), which handles all of ...

Since it is a single-database solution, Azure SQL Managed Instances are not available with Hyperscale. Hyperscale is currently available in public preview for single databases in the following regions ...

Microsoft today released SQL Server 2022, the latest version of its database software, which originally launched more than 33 years ago.Microsoft describes this release as the “most Azure ...

Azure SQL Database Managed Instance, in preview as well, is a new deployment option and as the name suggests, it's a fully managed instance of the Azure SQLDB, including backups, security, high ...

Microsoft is promising that the Azure SQL Database Managed Instance service enables "native virtual network support," even though the workload is hosted on Microsoft's public cloud datacenters. It's ...

Like its counterpart, Azure SQL Manages Instance, the idea here is to give users access to a scalable, cloud-based database service. To use Cassandra in Azure before, businesses had to either move ...